}
return run_diff_files(revs, options);
}
+
/*
- * See if work tree has an entity that can be staged. Return 0 if so,
- * return 1 if not and return -1 if error.
+ * Has the work tree entity been removed?
+ *
+ * Return 1 if it was removed from the work tree, 0 if an entity to be
+ * compared with the cache entry ce still exists (the latter includes
+ * the case where a directory that is not a submodule repository
+ * exists for ce that is a submodule -- it is a submodule that is not
+ * checked out). Return negative for an error.
*/
static int check_work_tree_entity(const struct cache_entry *ce, struct stat *st, char *symcache)
{
return 1;
if (S_ISDIR(st->st_mode)) {
unsigned char sub[20];
- if (resolve_gitlink_ref(ce->name, "HEAD", sub))
+
+ /*
+ * If ce is already a gitlink, we can have a plain
+ * directory (i.e. the submodule is not checked out),
+ * or a checked out submodule. Either case this is not
+ * a case where something was removed from the work tree,
+ * so we will return 0.
+ *
+ * Otherwise, if the directory is not a submodule
+ * repository, that means ce which was a blob turned into
+ * a directory --- the blob was removed!
+ */
+ if (!S_ISGITLINK(ce->ce_mode) &&
+ resolve_gitlink_ref(ce->name, "HEAD", sub))
return 1;
}
return 0;