- if (ce->ce_flags & (CE_REMOVE | CE_INTENT_TO_ADD))
- continue; /* entry being removed or placeholder */
+ /*
+ * CE_REMOVE entries are removed before the index is
+ * written to disk. Skip them to remain consistent
+ * with the future on-disk index.
+ */
+ if (ce->ce_flags & CE_REMOVE) {
+ *skip_count = *skip_count + 1;
+ continue;
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * CE_INTENT_TO_ADD entries exist on on-disk index but
+ * they are not part of generated trees. Invalidate up
+ * to root to force cache-tree users to read elsewhere.
+ */
+ if (ce->ce_flags & CE_INTENT_TO_ADD) {
+ to_invalidate = 1;
+ continue;
+ }