From: "Sam Bostock via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>, Sam Bostock <sam@sambostock.ca>,
Sam Bostock <sam@sambostock.ca>
Subject: [PATCH v2 2/2] merge-ours: integrate with sparse-index
Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2026 19:16:23 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <55d39ff778b7156d1a1abba4ccc3ea41ae680d2f.1770405383.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <pull.2189.v2.git.git.1770405383.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
From: Sam Bostock <sam@sambostock.ca>
The merge-ours built-in opens the index to compare it against HEAD.
The machinery used to do this (i.e. run_diff_index()) is capable of
working with a sparse index, but the start-up sequence of this
command does not take the necessary steps, so we end up expanding the
index fully before doing the comparison.
In order to convince sparse-index.c:is_sparse_index_allowed() to
return true, we need to:
- Read basic configuration with git_default_config so that global
variables like core_apply_sparse_checkout are populated.
merge-ours currently does not read configuration at all.
- Set command_requires_full_index to 0.
With that, the command can work without expanding the index fully
before doing its work.
Signed-off-by: Sam Bostock <sam@sambostock.ca>
---
builtin/merge-ours.c | 6 ++++++
t/t1092-sparse-checkout-compatibility.sh | 14 ++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 20 insertions(+)
diff --git a/builtin/merge-ours.c b/builtin/merge-ours.c
index 2312e58ab3..405b2989f7 100644
--- a/builtin/merge-ours.c
+++ b/builtin/merge-ours.c
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
#include "git-compat-util.h"
#include "builtin.h"
+#include "config.h"
+#include "environment.h"
#include "diff.h"
static const char builtin_merge_ours_usage[] =
@@ -22,6 +24,10 @@ int cmd_merge_ours(int argc,
{
show_usage_if_asked(argc, argv, builtin_merge_ours_usage);
+ repo_config(repo, git_default_config, NULL);
+ prepare_repo_settings(repo);
+ repo->settings.command_requires_full_index = 0;
+
/*
* The contents of the current index becomes the tree we
* commit. The index must match HEAD, or this merge cannot go
diff --git a/t/t1092-sparse-checkout-compatibility.sh b/t/t1092-sparse-checkout-compatibility.sh
index b0f691c151..d98cb4ac11 100755
--- a/t/t1092-sparse-checkout-compatibility.sh
+++ b/t/t1092-sparse-checkout-compatibility.sh
@@ -2559,4 +2559,18 @@ test_expect_success 'cat-file --batch' '
ensure_expanded cat-file --batch <in
'
+test_expect_success 'merge -s ours' '
+ init_repos &&
+
+ test_all_match git rev-parse HEAD^{tree} &&
+ test_all_match git merge -s ours merge-right &&
+ test_all_match git rev-parse HEAD^{tree} &&
+ test_all_match git rev-parse HEAD^2
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'sparse-index is not expanded: merge-ours' '
+ init_repos &&
+ ensure_not_expanded merge -s ours merge-right
+'
+
test_done
--
gitgitgadget
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-06 19:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-06 2:32 [PATCH 0/2] merge-ours: sparse-index integration Sam Bostock via GitGitGadget
2026-02-06 2:32 ` [PATCH 1/2] merge-ours: drop USE_THE_REPOSITORY_VARIABLE Sam Bostock via GitGitGadget
2026-02-06 15:02 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-06 17:33 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-06 2:32 ` [PATCH 2/2] merge-ours: integrate with sparse-index Sam Bostock via GitGitGadget
2026-02-06 13:35 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-06 19:16 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] merge-ours: sparse-index integration Sam Bostock via GitGitGadget
2026-02-06 19:16 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] merge-ours: drop USE_THE_REPOSITORY_VARIABLE Sam Bostock via GitGitGadget
2026-02-06 19:16 ` Sam Bostock via GitGitGadget [this message]
2026-02-09 15:05 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] merge-ours: sparse-index integration Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-10 4:35 ` Derrick Stolee
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