t3507: add a testcase showing failure with sparse checkout
Recent changes in merge_content() induced a bug when merging files that are
not present in the local working directory due to sparse-checkout. Add a
test case to demonstrate the bug so that we can ensure the fix resolves
it and to prevent future regressions.
Signed-off-by: Ben Peart <benpeart@microsoft.com>
Signed-off-by: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
diff --git a/t/t3507-cherry-pick-conflict.sh b/t/t3507-cherry-pick-conflict.sh
index 7c5ad08..45ddd81 100755
--- a/t/t3507-cherry-pick-conflict.sh
+++ b/t/t3507-cherry-pick-conflict.sh
@@ -392,4 +392,17 @@
test_cmp expect actual
'
+test_expect_failure 'cherry-pick preserves sparse-checkout' '
+ pristine_detach initial &&
+ test_config core.sparseCheckout true &&
+ test_when_finished "
+ echo \"/*\" >.git/info/sparse-checkout
+ git read-tree --reset -u HEAD
+ rm .git/info/sparse-checkout" &&
+ echo /unrelated >.git/info/sparse-checkout &&
+ git read-tree --reset -u HEAD &&
+ test_must_fail git cherry-pick -Xours picked>actual &&
+ test_i18ngrep ! "Changes not staged for commit:" actual
+'
+
test_done
