Re: [jgit-dev] Index format "3"

["Shawn O. Pearce" <spearce@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Marc Strapetz <marc.strapetz@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Probably, yes :) As far as I understand from cache.h, version "3" is
> just about an additional flag? And that one is primarily used to store
> information on which entries to skip for a check out? So (1) making
> DirCache read that information should be no problem. (2) Maybe
> DirCacheIterator has to be adjusted, what should be no big deal, too (do
> I underestimate required effort here?) What other functionality is
> affected by sparse working trees exceeds my horizon ... anyway, for a
> first step, (1) and (2) should be sufficient to at least give correct
> status information for the working tree. All other affected parts of
> jgit might reject to work with Index version "3".

Seems like a reasonable first step.

:-)

-- 
Shawn.