git-checkout.txt: better docs for '--patch'

diff --git a/unpack-trees.c b/unpack-trees.c
index 1ca41b1a6986559a7c5ddc3983d751d75a0d23ff..500ebcfd545772fb17e5fb14bba42bf4be468b75 100644 (file)
--- a/unpack-trees.c
+++ b/unpack-trees.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  * situation better.  See how "git checkout" and "git merge" replaces
  * them using setup_unpack_trees_porcelain(), for example.
  */
-const char *unpack_plumbing_errors[NB_UNPACK_TREES_ERROR_TYPES] = {
+static const char *unpack_plumbing_errors[NB_UNPACK_TREES_ERROR_TYPES] = {
        /* ERROR_WOULD_OVERWRITE */
        "Entry '%s' would be overwritten by merge. Cannot merge.",
 
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ static void add_same_unmerged(struct cache_entry *ce,
 static int unpack_index_entry(struct cache_entry *ce,
                              struct unpack_trees_options *o)
 {
-       struct cache_entry *src[5] = { NULL };
+       struct cache_entry *src[MAX_UNPACK_TREES + 1] = { NULL, };
        int ret;
 
        src[0] = ce;
@@ -427,7 +427,10 @@ static int switch_cache_bottom(struct traverse_info *info)
        return ret;
 }
 
-static int traverse_trees_recursive(int n, unsigned long dirmask, unsigned long df_conflicts, struct name_entry *names, struct traverse_info *info)
+static int traverse_trees_recursive(int n, unsigned long dirmask,
+                                   unsigned long df_conflicts,
+                                   struct name_entry *names,
+                                   struct traverse_info *info)
 {
        int i, ret, bottom;
        struct tree_desc t[MAX_UNPACK_TREES];
@@ -1105,6 +1108,7 @@ int unpack_trees(unsigned len, struct tree_desc *t, struct unpack_trees_options
 
                }
                if (o->result.cache_nr && empty_worktree) {
+                       /* dubious---why should this fail??? */
                        ret = unpack_failed(o, "Sparse checkout leaves no entry on working directory");
                        goto done;
                }
@@ -1374,16 +1378,22 @@ static int verify_absent_1(struct cache_entry *ce,
                char path[PATH_MAX + 1];
                memcpy(path, ce->name, len);
                path[len] = 0;
-               lstat(path, &st);
+               if (lstat(path, &st))
+                       return error("cannot stat '%s': %s", path,
+                                       strerror(errno));
 
                return check_ok_to_remove(path, len, DT_UNKNOWN, NULL, &st,
                                error_type, o);
-       } else if (!lstat(ce->name, &st))
+       } else if (lstat(ce->name, &st)) {
+               if (errno != ENOENT)
+                       return error("cannot stat '%s': %s", ce->name,
+                                    strerror(errno));
+               return 0;
+       } else {
                return check_ok_to_remove(ce->name, ce_namelen(ce),
-                               ce_to_dtype(ce), ce, &st,
-                               error_type, o);
-
-       return 0;
+                                         ce_to_dtype(ce), ce, &st,
+                                         error_type, o);
+       }
 }
 
 static int verify_absent(struct cache_entry *ce,