update-index: reduce scope of index expansion in do_reupdate

Replace unconditional index expansion in 'do_reupdate()' with one scoped to
only where a full index is needed. A full index is only required in
'do_reupdate()' when a sparse directory in the index differs from HEAD; in
that case, the index is expanded and the operation restarted.

Because the index should only be expanded if a sparse directory is modified,
add a test ensuring the index is not expanded when differences only exist
within the sparse cone.

Signed-off-by: Victoria Dye <vdye@github.com>
Reviewed-by: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

builtin/update-index.c

@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ static struct cache_entry *read_one_ent(const char *which,
 			error("%s: not in %s branch.", path, which);
 		return NULL;
 	}
-	if (mode == S_IFDIR) {
+	if (!the_index.sparse_index && mode == S_IFDIR) {
 		if (which)
 			error("%s: not a blob in %s branch.", path, which);
 		return NULL;
@@ -743,8 +743,6 @@ static int do_reupdate(int ac, const char **av,
 		 */
 		has_head = 0;
  redo:
-	/* TODO: audit for interaction with sparse-index. */
-	ensure_full_index(&the_index);
 	for (pos = 0; pos < active_nr; pos++) {
 		const struct cache_entry *ce = active_cache[pos];
 		struct cache_entry *old = NULL;
@@ -761,6 +759,16 @@ static int do_reupdate(int ac, const char **av,
 			discard_cache_entry(old);
 			continue; /* unchanged */
 		}
+
+		/* At this point, we know the contents of the sparse directory are
+		 * modified with respect to HEAD, so we expand the index and restart
+		 * to process each path individually
+		 */
+		if (S_ISSPARSEDIR(ce->ce_mode)) {
+			ensure_full_index(&the_index);
+			goto redo;
+		}
+
 		/* Be careful.  The working tree may not have the
 		 * path anymore, in which case, under 'allow_remove',
 		 * or worse yet 'allow_replace', active_nr may decrease.

t/t1092-sparse-checkout-compatibility.sh

@@ -1265,7 +1265,10 @@ test_expect_success 'sparse index is not expanded: update-index' '
 
 	ensure_not_expanded update-index --add README.md &&
 	ensure_not_expanded update-index a &&
-	ensure_not_expanded update-index --remove deep/a
+	ensure_not_expanded update-index --remove deep/a &&
+
+	ensure_not_expanded reset --soft update-deep &&
+	ensure_not_expanded update-index --add --remove --again
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'sparse index is not expanded: blame' '