Re: [PATCH 2/2] reset: support "--mixed --intent-to-add" mode

[Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>]

Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:

> Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> On Tue, Feb 04, 2014 at 02:25:25PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>>> Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
>>> 
>>> > While I do not have any problem with adding an optional "keep lost
>>> > paths as intent-to-add entries" feature, I am not sure why this has
>>> > to be so different from the usual add-cache-entry codepath.  The
>>> > if/elseif chain you are touching inside this loop does:
>>> >
>>> >  - If the tree you are resetting to has something at the path
>>> >    (which is different from the current index, obviously), create
>>> >    a cache entry to represent that state from the tree and stuff
>>> >    it in the index;
>>> >
>>> >  - Otherwise, the tree you are resetting to does not have that
>>> >    path.  We used to say "remove it from the index", but now we have
>>> >    an option to instead add it as an intent-to-add entry.
>>> >
>>> > So, why doesn't the new codepath do exactly the same thing as the
>>> > first branch of the if/else chain and call add_cache_entry but with
>>> > a ce marked with CE_INTENT_TO_ADD?  That would parallel what happens
>>> > in "git add -N" better, I would think, no?
>>> 
>>> In other words, something along this line, perhaps?
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>> Yes. But you need something like this on top to actually set
>> CE_INTENT_TO_ADD
>
> Yes, indeed.  I wonder why your new test did not notice it, though
> ;-)

... and the answer turns out to be that it was not testing the right
thing.  On top of that faulty version, this will fix it.

Your suggestion to move CE_INTENT_TO_ADD to mark-intent-to-add makes
sense but a caller needs to be adjusted to drop the duplicated flag
manipulation.

 read-cache.c     | 3 +--
 t/t7102-reset.sh | 6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/read-cache.c b/read-cache.c
index 325d193..5b8102a 100644
--- a/read-cache.c
+++ b/read-cache.c
@@ -584,6 +584,7 @@ void mark_intent_to_add(struct cache_entry *ce)
 	unsigned char sha1[20];
 	if (write_sha1_file("", 0, blob_type, sha1))
 		die("cannot create an empty blob in the object database");
+	ce->ce_flags |= CE_INTENT_TO_ADD;
 	hashcpy(ce->sha1, sha1);
 }
 
@@ -613,8 +614,6 @@ int add_to_index(struct index_state *istate, const char *path, struct stat *st,
 	ce->ce_namelen = namelen;
 	if (!intent_only)
 		fill_stat_cache_info(ce, st);
-	else
-		ce->ce_flags |= CE_INTENT_TO_ADD;
 
 	if (trust_executable_bit && has_symlinks)
 		ce->ce_mode = create_ce_mode(st_mode);
diff --git a/t/t7102-reset.sh b/t/t7102-reset.sh
index 642920a..bc0846f 100755
--- a/t/t7102-reset.sh
+++ b/t/t7102-reset.sh
@@ -539,6 +539,12 @@ test_expect_success 'reset -N keeps removed files as intent-to-add' '
 	echo new-file >new-file &&
 	git add new-file &&
 	git reset -N HEAD &&
+
+	tree=$(git write-tree) &&
+	git ls-tree $tree new-file >actual &&
+	>expect &&
+	test_cmp expect actual &&
+
 	git diff --name-only >actual &&
 	echo new-file >expect &&
 	test_cmp expect actual