[PATCH v2 06/11] sparse-checkout: create 'disable' subcommand

@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ COMMANDS
 	a list of arguments following the 'set' subcommand. Update the
 	working directory to match the new patterns.
 
+'disable'::
+	Remove the sparse-checkout file, set `core.sparseCheckout` to
+	`false`, and restore the working directory to include all files.
+
 SPARSE CHECKOUT
 ----------------
 

@@ -61,6 +65,13 @@ Then it compares the new skip-worktree value with the previous one. If
 skip-worktree turns from set to unset, it will add the corresponding
 file back. If it turns from unset to set, that file will be removed.
 
+To repopulate the working directory with all files, use the
+`git sparse-checkout disable` command.
+
+Sparse checkout support in 'git checkout' and similar commands is
+disabled by default. You need to set `core.sparseCheckout` to `true`
+in order to have sparse checkout support.
+
 ## FULL PATTERN SET
 
 By default, the sparse-checkout file uses the same syntax as `.gitignore`

@@ -75,21 +86,6 @@ using negative patterns. For example, to remove the file `unwanted`:
 !unwanted
 ----------------
 
-Another tricky thing is fully repopulating the working directory when you
-no longer want sparse checkout. You cannot just disable "sparse
-checkout" because skip-worktree bits are still in the index and your working
-directory is still sparsely populated. You should re-populate the working
-directory with the `$GIT_DIR/info/sparse-checkout` file content as
-follows:
-
-----------------
-/*
-----------------
-
-Then you can disable sparse checkout. Sparse checkout support in 'git
-read-tree' and similar commands is disabled by default. You need to
-set `core.sparseCheckout` to `true` in order to have sparse checkout
-support.
 
 SEE ALSO
 --------

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #include "strbuf.h"
 
 static char const * const builtin_sparse_checkout_usage[] = {
-	N_("git sparse-checkout [init|list|set] <options>"),
+	N_("git sparse-checkout [init|list|set|disable] <options>"),
 	NULL
 };
 

@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ static int update_working_directory(void)
 	return result;
 }
 
-static int sc_enable_config(void)
+static int sc_set_config(int mode)
 {
 	struct argv_array argv = ARGV_ARRAY_INIT;
 

@@ -83,7 +83,12 @@ static int sc_enable_config(void)
 		return 1;
 	}
 
-	argv_array_pushl(&argv, "config", "--worktree", "core.sparseCheckout", "true", NULL);
+	argv_array_pushl(&argv, "config", "--worktree", "core.sparseCheckout", NULL);
+
+	if (mode)
+		argv_array_pushl(&argv, "true", NULL);
+	else
+		argv_array_pushl(&argv, "false", NULL);
 
 	if (run_command_v_opt(argv.argv, RUN_GIT_CMD)) {
 		error(_("failed to enable core.sparseCheckout"));

@@ -101,7 +106,7 @@ static int sparse_checkout_init(int argc, const char **argv)
 	int res;
 	struct object_id oid;
 
-	if (sc_enable_config())
+	if (sc_set_config(1))
 		return 1;
 
 	memset(&pl, 0, sizeof(pl));

@@ -188,6 +193,28 @@ static int sparse_checkout_set(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	return write_patterns_and_update(&pl);
 }
 
+static int sparse_checkout_disable(int argc, const char **argv)
+{
+	char *sparse_filename;
+	FILE *fp;
+
+	if (sc_set_config(1))
+		die(_("failed to change config"));
+
+	sparse_filename = get_sparse_checkout_filename();
+	fp = fopen(sparse_filename, "w");
+	fprintf(fp, "/*\n");
+	fclose(fp);
+
+	if (update_working_directory())
+		die(_("error while refreshing working directory"));
+
+	unlink(sparse_filename);
+	free(sparse_filename);
+
+	return sc_set_config(0);
+}
+
 int cmd_sparse_checkout(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
 	static struct option builtin_sparse_checkout_options[] = {

@@ -212,6 +239,8 @@ int cmd_sparse_checkout(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			return sparse_checkout_init(argc, argv);
 		if (!strcmp(argv[0], "set"))
 			return sparse_checkout_set(argc, argv, prefix);
+		if (!strcmp(argv[0], "disable"))
+			return sparse_checkout_disable(argc, argv);
 	}
 
 	usage_with_options(builtin_sparse_checkout_usage,

@@ -140,5 +140,20 @@ test_expect_success 'set sparse-checkout using --stdin' '
 	test_cmp expect dir
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'sparse-checkout disable' '
+	git -C repo sparse-checkout disable &&
+	test_path_is_missing repo/.git/info/sparse-checkout &&
+	git -C repo config --list >config &&
+	test_i18ngrep "core.sparsecheckout=false" config &&
+	ls repo >dir &&
+	cat >expect <<-EOF &&
+		a
+		deep
+		folder1
+		folder2
+	EOF
+	test_cmp expect dir
+'
+
 test_done