git-rev-list: fix "--dense" flag

diff --git a/read-tree.c b/read-tree.c
index 5fdf58d240e68f2c4b332dbdd02be357641127f8..6a456ae61100f8e45f97394d7ea23be4faa63fc4 100644 (file)
--- a/read-tree.c
+++ b/read-tree.c
@@ -237,6 +237,35 @@ static void reject_merge(struct cache_entry *ce)
            ce->name);
 }
 
+/* Unlink the last component and attempt to remove leading
+ * directories, in case this unlink is the removal of the
+ * last entry in the directory -- empty directories are removed.
+ */
+static void unlink_entry(char *name)
+{
+       char *cp, *prev;
+
+       if (unlink(name))
+               return;
+       prev = NULL;
+       while (1) {
+               int status;
+               cp = strrchr(name, '/');
+               if (prev)
+                       *prev = '/';
+               if (!cp)
+                       break;
+
+               *cp = 0;
+               status = rmdir(name);
+               if (status) {
+                       *cp = '/';
+                       break;
+               }
+               prev = cp;
+       }
+}
+
 static void check_updates(struct cache_entry **src, int nr)
 {
        static struct checkout state = {
@@ -250,7 +279,7 @@ static void check_updates(struct cache_entry **src, int nr)
                struct cache_entry *ce = *src++;
                if (!ce->ce_mode) {
                        if (update)
-                               unlink(ce->name);
+                               unlink_entry(ce->name);
                        continue;
                }
                if (ce->ce_flags & mask) {