[PATCH v5 11/21] sparse-index: add 'sdir' index extension

["Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>]

From: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com>

The index format does not currently allow for sparse directory entries.
This violates some expectations that older versions of Git or
third-party tools might not understand. We need an indicator inside the
index file to warn these tools to not interact with a sparse index
unless they are aware of sparse directory entries.

Add a new _required_ index extension, 'sdir', that indicates that the
index may contain sparse directory entries. This allows us to continue
to use the differences in index formats 2, 3, and 4 before we create a
new index version 5 in a later change.

Signed-off-by: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com>
---
 Documentation/technical/index-format.txt | 12 ++++++++++++
 read-cache.c                             |  9 +++++++++
 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/technical/index-format.txt b/Documentation/technical/index-format.txt
index 3b74c05647db..65da0daaa563 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/index-format.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/index-format.txt
@@ -392,3 +392,15 @@ The remaining data of each directory block is grouped by type:
 	in this block of entries.
 
     - 32-bit count of cache entries in this block
+
+== Sparse Directory Entries
+
+  When using sparse-checkout in cone mode, some entire directories within
+  the index can be summarized by pointing to a tree object instead of the
+  entire expanded list of paths within that tree. An index containing such
+  entries is a "sparse index". Index format versions 4 and less were not
+  implemented with such entries in mind. Thus, for these versions, an
+  index containing sparse directory entries will include this extension
+  with signature { 's', 'd', 'i', 'r' }. Like the split-index extension,
+  tools should avoid interacting with a sparse index unless they understand
+  this extension.
diff --git a/read-cache.c b/read-cache.c
index dd3980c12b53..b8f092d1b7eb 100644
--- a/read-cache.c
+++ b/read-cache.c
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 #define CACHE_EXT_FSMONITOR 0x46534D4E	  /* "FSMN" */
 #define CACHE_EXT_ENDOFINDEXENTRIES 0x454F4945	/* "EOIE" */
 #define CACHE_EXT_INDEXENTRYOFFSETTABLE 0x49454F54 /* "IEOT" */
+#define CACHE_EXT_SPARSE_DIRECTORIES 0x73646972 /* "sdir" */
 
 /* changes that can be kept in $GIT_DIR/index (basically all extensions) */
 #define EXTMASK (RESOLVE_UNDO_CHANGED | CACHE_TREE_CHANGED | \
@@ -1763,6 +1764,10 @@ static int read_index_extension(struct index_state *istate,
 	case CACHE_EXT_INDEXENTRYOFFSETTABLE:
 		/* already handled in do_read_index() */
 		break;
+	case CACHE_EXT_SPARSE_DIRECTORIES:
+		/* no content, only an indicator */
+		istate->sparse_index = 1;
+		break;
 	default:
 		if (*ext < 'A' || 'Z' < *ext)
 			return error(_("index uses %.4s extension, which we do not understand"),
@@ -3020,6 +3025,10 @@ static int do_write_index(struct index_state *istate, struct tempfile *tempfile,
 		if (err)
 			return -1;
 	}
+	if (istate->sparse_index) {
+		if (write_index_ext_header(&c, &eoie_c, newfd, CACHE_EXT_SPARSE_DIRECTORIES, 0) < 0)
+			return -1;
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * CACHE_EXT_ENDOFINDEXENTRIES must be written as the last entry before the SHA1
-- 
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