attr: be careful about sparse directories

index d029e681f2..79adaa50ea 100644 --- a/attr.c +++ b/attr.c @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ #include "utf8.h" #include "quote.h" #include "thread-utils.h" +#include "dir.h" const char git_attr__true[] = "(builtin)true"; const char git_attr__false[] = "\0(builtin)false"; @@ -744,6 +745,20 @@ static struct attr_stack *read_attr_from_index(struct index_state *istate, if (!istate) return NULL; + /* + * The .gitattributes file only applies to files within its + * parent directory. In the case of cone-mode sparse-checkout, + * the .gitattributes file is sparse if and only if all paths + * within that directory are also sparse. Thus, don't load the + * .gitattributes file since it will not matter. + * + * In the case of a sparse index, it is critical that we don't go + * looking for a .gitattributes file, as doing so would cause the + * index to expand. + */ + if (!path_in_cone_mode_sparse_checkout(path, istate)) + return NULL; + buf = read_blob_data_from_index(istate, path, NULL); if (!buf) return NULL;