| commit | 7667f4f0a3c2002940c0b03930597fddc8599277 | [log] [tgz] |
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| author | Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> | Thu Jun 29 13:23:09 2023 +0000 |
| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | Thu Jun 29 12:20:04 2023 -0700 |
| tree | 4004a8785115b967832d395be09861eb80d58980 | |
| parent | 866b43e6442f16d0073ae9ce8d79b6cb1161b1a9 [diff] |
split-index: accept that a base index can be empty We are about to fix an ancient bug where `do_read_index()` pretended that the index was not initialized when there are no index entries. Before the `index_state` structure gained the `initialized` flag in 913e0e99b6a (unpack_trees(): protect the handcrafted in-core index from read_cache(), 2008-08-23), that was the best we could do (even if it was incorrect: it is totally possible to read a Git index file that contains no index entries). This pattern was repeated also in 998330ac2e7 (read-cache: look for shared index files next to the index, too, 2021-08-26), which we fix here by _not_ mistaking an empty base index for a missing `sharedindex.*` file. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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