On 8/26/2025 12:40 PM, Derrick Stolee wrote: > On 8/15/2025 12:12 PM, Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget wrote: >> From: Derrick Stolee <stolee@xxxxxxxxx> > ... >> Replace this global check to expand the index with a check inside the >> loop for a matched sparse directory. If we see one, then expand the >> index and continue from the current location. This is safe since the >> previous entries in the index did not have any sparse directories and >> thus would remain stable in this expansion. > ...> Here's a small sparse index performance update based on a user report. > > I know this is small and somewhat niche, but it hasn't had any review > or been picked up in What's Cooking. Could someone please take a look? Thanks, Elijah and Junio for reviewing. By coincidence, a user reported an issue where the sparse index was expanded during "git mergetool" and it was due to a pathspec-focused ls-files subcommand. So maybe it's less niche than I had thought. Thanks, -Stolee
