Merge branch 'ds/sparse-cone'

Management of sparsely checked-out working tree has gained a
dedicated "sparse-checkout" command.

* ds/sparse-cone: (21 commits)
  sparse-checkout: improve OS ls compatibility
  sparse-checkout: respect core.ignoreCase in cone mode
  sparse-checkout: check for dirty status
  sparse-checkout: update working directory in-process for 'init'
  sparse-checkout: cone mode should not interact with .gitignore
  sparse-checkout: write using lockfile
  sparse-checkout: use in-process update for disable subcommand
  sparse-checkout: update working directory in-process
  sparse-checkout: sanitize for nested folders
  unpack-trees: add progress to clear_ce_flags()
  unpack-trees: hash less in cone mode
  sparse-checkout: init and set in cone mode
  sparse-checkout: use hashmaps for cone patterns
  sparse-checkout: add 'cone' mode
  trace2: add region in clear_ce_flags
  sparse-checkout: create 'disable' subcommand
  sparse-checkout: add '--stdin' option to set subcommand
  sparse-checkout: 'set' subcommand
  clone: add --sparse mode
  sparse-checkout: create 'init' subcommand
  ...

1 files changed, 27 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/builtin/clone.c b/builtin/clone.c
index 6dee265cc9..0fc89ae2b9 100644
--- a/builtin/clone.c
+++ b/builtin/clone.c
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ static const char *real_git_dir;
 static char *option_upload_pack = "git-upload-pack";
 static int option_verbosity;
 static int option_progress = -1;
+static int option_sparse_checkout;
 static enum transport_family family;
 static struct string_list option_config = STRING_LIST_INIT_NODUP;
 static struct string_list option_required_reference = STRING_LIST_INIT_NODUP;
@@ -146,6 +147,8 @@ static struct option builtin_clone_options[] = {
 	OPT_PARSE_LIST_OBJECTS_FILTER(&filter_options),
 	OPT_BOOL(0, "remote-submodules", &option_remote_submodules,
 		    N_("any cloned submodules will use their remote-tracking branch")),
+	OPT_BOOL(0, "sparse", &option_sparse_checkout,
+		    N_("initialize sparse-checkout file to include only files at root")),
 	OPT_END()
 };
 
@@ -733,6 +736,27 @@ static void update_head(const struct ref *our, const struct ref *remote,
 	}
 }
 
+static int git_sparse_checkout_init(const char *repo)
+{
+	struct argv_array argv = ARGV_ARRAY_INIT;
+	int result = 0;
+	argv_array_pushl(&argv, "-C", repo, "sparse-checkout", "init", NULL);
+
+	/*
+	 * We must apply the setting in the current process
+	 * for the later checkout to use the sparse-checkout file.
+	 */
+	core_apply_sparse_checkout = 1;
+
+	if (run_command_v_opt(argv.argv, RUN_GIT_CMD)) {
+		error(_("failed to initialize sparse-checkout"));
+		result = 1;
+	}
+
+	argv_array_clear(&argv);
+	return result;
+}
+
 static int checkout(int submodule_progress)
 {
 	struct object_id oid;
@@ -1104,6 +1128,9 @@ int cmd_clone(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	if (option_required_reference.nr || option_optional_reference.nr)
 		setup_reference();
 
+	if (option_sparse_checkout && git_sparse_checkout_init(repo))
+		return 1;
+
 	remote = remote_get(option_origin);
 
 	strbuf_addf(&default_refspec, "+%s*:%s*", src_ref_prefix,