Merge branch 'ds/sparse-index-ignored-files'

In cone mode, the sparse-index code path learned to remove ignored
files (like build artifacts) outside the sparse cone, allowing the
entire directory outside the sparse cone to be removed, which is
especially useful when the sparse patterns change.

* ds/sparse-index-ignored-files:
  sparse-checkout: clear tracked sparse dirs
  sparse-index: add SPARSE_INDEX_MEMORY_ONLY flag
  attr: be careful about sparse directories
  sparse-checkout: create helper methods
  sparse-index: use WRITE_TREE_MISSING_OK
  sparse-index: silently return when cache tree fails
  unpack-trees: fix nested sparse-dir search
  sparse-index: silently return when not using cone-mode patterns
  t7519: rewrite sparse index test

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/attr.c b/attr.c
index d029e681f2..79adaa50ea 100644
--- a/attr.c
+++ b/attr.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include "utf8.h"
 #include "quote.h"
 #include "thread-utils.h"
+#include "dir.h"
 
 const char git_attr__true[] = "(builtin)true";
 const char git_attr__false[] = "\0(builtin)false";
@@ -744,6 +745,20 @@ static struct attr_stack *read_attr_from_index(struct index_state *istate,
 	if (!istate)
 		return NULL;
 
+	/*
+	 * The .gitattributes file only applies to files within its
+	 * parent directory. In the case of cone-mode sparse-checkout,
+	 * the .gitattributes file is sparse if and only if all paths
+	 * within that directory are also sparse. Thus, don't load the
+	 * .gitattributes file since it will not matter.
+	 *
+	 * In the case of a sparse index, it is critical that we don't go
+	 * looking for a .gitattributes file, as doing so would cause the
+	 * index to expand.
+	 */
+	if (!path_in_cone_mode_sparse_checkout(path, istate))
+		return NULL;
+
 	buf = read_blob_data_from_index(istate, path, NULL);
 	if (!buf)
 		return NULL;