dir: fix a few confusing comments

index d97e955848..6fb2f8ecdd 100644 --- a/dir.c +++ b/dir.c @@ -1820,7 +1820,7 @@ static enum path_treatment treat_directory(struct dir_struct *dir, * to recurse into untracked/ignored directories if either of the * following bits is set: * - DIR_SHOW_IGNORED_TOO (because then we need to determine if - * there are ignored directories below) + * there are ignored entries below) * - DIR_HIDE_EMPTY_DIRECTORIES (because we have to determine if * the directory is empty) */ @@ -1838,10 +1838,11 @@ static enum path_treatment treat_directory(struct dir_struct *dir, return path_excluded; /* - * If we have we don't want to know the all the paths under an - * untracked or ignored directory, we still need to go into the - * directory to determine if it is empty (because an empty directory - * should be path_none instead of path_excluded or path_untracked). + * Even if we don't want to know all the paths under an untracked or + * ignored directory, we may still need to go into the directory to + * determine if it is empty (because with DIR_HIDE_EMPTY_DIRECTORIES, + * an empty directory should be path_none instead of path_excluded or + * path_untracked). */ check_only = ((dir->flags & DIR_HIDE_EMPTY_DIRECTORIES) && !(dir->flags & DIR_SHOW_IGNORED_TOO));