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checkout: ignore skip-worktree when virtual #658

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As documented in microsoft/VFSForGit#1812, attempting to restore a file fails when using either of these commands in a VFS for Git repo:

  git restore --source=<commit> <path>
  git checkout <commit> -- <path>

To discover the issue, I debugged such a call and found that since opt->ignore_skipworktree is not set, that the restore will not update the index when the file is not hydrated.

I verified that this works as expected, including that the file on-disk is projecting the new index version.


  • This change only applies to the virtualization hook and VFS for Git.

As documented in microsoft/VFSForGit#1812, attempting to restore a file
fails when using either of these commands in a VFS for Git repo:

  git restore --source=<commit> <path>
  git checkout <commit> -- <path>

To discover the issue, I debugged such a call and found that since
opt->ignore_skipworktree is not set, that the restore will not update
the index when the file is not hydrated.

I verified that this works as expected, including that the file on-disk
is projecting the new index version.

Signed-off-by: Derrick Stolee <[email protected]>
@derrickstolee derrickstolee merged commit b34ae1f into microsoft:vfs-2.45.2 Jun 19, 2024
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dscho added a commit that referenced this pull request Jul 12, 2024
…store` (#674)

This reverts #658 and essentially reopens microsoft/VFSForGit#1812.
Resolves #673.

The issue is that by overriding the `ignore_skip_wortree` value
(normally set by `--ignore-skip-worktree`) we then force Git to hydrate
the entire working directory in a `git restore .`. This leads to some
interesting trade-offs:

1. Users on v2.45.2.vfs.0.2 (where `git restore .` overhydrates), they
can use `git reset --hard` as a better representation of this behavior.
2. Users on any Git version can use `git restore --ignore-skip-worktree
-- <pathspec>` when using a smaller-scale pathspec that corresponds to
files they care about and probably have hydrated.

I will include these workarounds in the VFS for Git issue.

To get to a real solution here, we would somehow need to turn the
`ignore_skip_worktree` bit into two bits:

a. A bit to say "update index entries that have `SKIP_WORKTREE` set".
b. A bit to say "update the working directory even if `SKIP_WORKTREE` is
set".

And perhaps this "working directory" version is what was intended when
adding the `--ignore-skip-worktree` option, but it's more involved and
has upstream implications to make changes here.
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