"git sparse-checkout" subcommand learned a new "clean" action to
prune otherwise unused working-tree files that are outside the
areas of interest.
* ds/sparse-checkout-clean:
sparse-index: improve advice message instructions
t: expand tests around sparse merges and clean
sparse-index: point users to new 'clean' action
sparse-checkout: add --verbose option to 'clean'
dir: add generic "walk all files" helper
sparse-checkout: match some 'clean' behavior
sparse-checkout: add basics of 'clean' command
sparse-checkout: remove use of the_repository
Make sure that normal paragraphs in most user-facing docs[1] don’t
use literal blocks. This can easily happen if you try to maintain
indentation in order to continue a block; that might work in
e.g. Markdown variants, but not in AsciiDoc.
The fixes are straightforward, i.e. just deindent the block and maybe
add line continuations. The only exception is git-sparse-checkout(1)
where we also replace indentation used for *intended* literal blocks
with `----`.
† 1: These have not been considered:
• `Documentation/howto/`
• `Documentation/technical/`
• `Documentation/gitprotocol*`
Signed-off-by: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <code@khaugsbakk.name>
Acked-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
The 'git sparse-checkout clean' subcommand is focused on directories,
deleting any tracked sparse directories to clean up the worktree and
make the sparse index feature work optimally.
However, this directory-focused approach can leave users wondering why
those directories exist at all. In my experience, these files are left
over due to ignore or exclude patterns, Windows file handles, or
possibly merge conflict resolutions.
Add a new '--verbose' option for users to see all the files that are
being deleted (with '--force') or would be deleted (with '--dry-run').
Based on usage, users may request further context on this list of files for
states such as tracked/untracked, unstaged/staged/conflicted, etc.
Signed-off-by: Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
The 'git sparse-checkout clean' subcommand is somewhat similar to 'git
clean' in that it will delete files that should not be in the worktree.
The big difference is that it focuses on the directories that should not
be in the worktree due to cone-mode sparse-checkout. It also does not
discriminate in the kinds of files and focuses on deleting entire
directories.
However, there are some restrictions that would be good to bring over
from 'git clean', specifically how it refuses to do anything without the
'-f'/'--force' or '-n'/'--dry-run' arguments. The 'clean.requireForce'
config can be set to 'false' to imply '--force'.
Add this behavior to avoid accidental deletion of files that cannot be
recovered from Git.
Signed-off-by: Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
When users change their sparse-checkout definitions to add new
directories and remove old ones, there may be a few reasons why
directories no longer in scope remain (ignored or excluded files still
exist, Windows handles are still open, etc.). When these files still
exist, the sparse index feature notices that a tracked, but sparse,
directory still exists on disk and thus the index expands. This causes a
performance hit _and_ the advice printed isn't very helpful. Using 'git
clean' isn't enough (generally '-dfx' may be needed) but also this may
not be sufficient.
Add a new subcommand to 'git sparse-checkout' that removes these
tracked-but-sparse directories.
The implementation details provide a clear definition of what is happening,
but it is difficult to describe this without including the internal
implementation details. The core operation converts the index to a sparse
index (in memory if not already on disk) and then deletes any directories in
the worktree that correspond with a sparse directory entry in that sparse
index.
In the most common case, this means that a file will be removed if it is
contained within a directory that is both tracked and outside of the
sparse-checkout definition. However, there can be exceptions depending on
the current state of the index:
* If the worktree has a modification to a tracked, sparse file, then that
file's parent directories will be expanded instead of represented as
sparse directories. Siblings of those parent directories may be
considered sparse.
* If the user staged a sparse file with "git add --sparse", then that file
loses the SKIP_WORKTREE bit until the sparse-checkout is reapplied. Until
then, that file's parent directories are not represented as sparse
directory entries and thus will not be removed. Siblings of those parent
directories may be considered sparse. (There may be other reasons why
the SKIP_WORKTREE bit was removed for a file and this impact on the
sparse directories will apply to those as well.)
* If the user has a merge conflict outside of the sparse-checkout
definition, then those conflict entries prevent the parent directories
from being represented as sparse directory entries and thus are not
removed.
* The cases above present reasons why certain _file conditions_ will impact
which _directories_ are considered sparse. The list of tracked
directories that are outside of the sparse-checkout definition but not
represented as a sparse directory further reduces the list of files that
will be removed.
For these complicated reasons, the documentation details a potential list of
files that will be "considered for removal" instead of defining the list
concretely. The special cases can be handled by resolving conflicts,
committing staged changes, and running 'git sparse-checkout reapply' to
update the SKIP_WORKTREE bits as expected by the sparse-checkout definition.
It is important to make clear that this operation will remove ignored and
excluded files which would normally be ignored even by 'git clean -f' unless
the '-x' or '-X' option is provided. This is the most extreme method for
doing this, but it works when the sparse-checkout is in cone mode and is
expected to rescope based on directories, not files.
The current implementation always deletes these sparse directories
without warning. This is unacceptable for a released version, but those
features will be added in changes coming immediately after this one.
Note that this will not remove an untracked directory (or any of its
contents) if its parent is a tracked directory within the sparse-checkout
definition. This is required to prevent removing data created by tools that
perform caching operations for editors or build tools.
Thus, 'git sparse-checkout clean' is both more aggressive and more careful
than 'git clean -fx':
* It is more aggressive because it will remove _tracked_ files within the
sparse directories.
* It is less aggressive because it will leave _untracked_ files that are
not contained in sparse directories.
These special cases will be handled more explicitly in a future change that
expands tests for the 'git sparse-checkout clean' command. We handle some of
the modified, staged, and committed states including some impact on 'git
status' after cleaning.
Signed-off-by: Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
We presently use the ".txt" extension for our AsciiDoc files. While not
wrong, most editors do not associate this extension with AsciiDoc,
meaning that contributors don't get automatic editor functionality that
could be useful, such as syntax highlighting and prose linting.
It is much more common to use the ".adoc" extension for AsciiDoc files,
since this helps editors automatically detect files and also allows
various forges to provide rich (HTML-like) rendering. Let's do that
here, renaming all of the files and updating the includes where
relevant. Adjust the various build scripts and makefiles to use the new
extension as well.
Note that this should not result in any user-visible changes to the
documentation.
Signed-off-by: brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
