[PATCH 09/24] unpack-trees: add a note about path invalidation

@@ -1552,6 +1552,17 @@ static int verify_uptodate_sparse(const struct cache_entry *ce,
 	return verify_uptodate_1(ce, o, ERROR_SPARSE_NOT_UPTODATE_FILE);
 }
 
+/*
+ * TODO: We should actually invalidate o->result, not src_index [1].
+ * But since cache tree and untracked cache both are not copied to
+ * o->result until unpacking is complete, we invalidate them on
+ * src_index instead with the assumption that they will be copied to
+ * dst_index at the end.
+ *
+ * [1] src_index->cache_tree is also used in unpack_callback() so if
+ * we invalidate o->result, we need to update it to use
+ * o->result.cache_tree as well.
+ */
 static void invalidate_ce_path(const struct cache_entry *ce,
 			       struct unpack_trees_options *o)
 {