t3507: add a testcase showing failure with sparse checkout

Recent changes in merge_content() induced a bug when merging files that are
not present in the local working directory due to sparse-checkout. Add a
test case to demonstrate the bug so that we can ensure the fix resolves
it and to prevent future regressions.

Signed-off-by: Ben Peart <benpeart@microsoft.com>
Signed-off-by: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Ben Peart 2018-07-27 12:59:42 +00:00 committed by Junio C Hamano
parent 53f9a3e157
commit 92203e6432

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@ -392,4 +392,17 @@ test_expect_success 'commit --amend -s places the sign-off at the right place' '
test_cmp expect actual
'
test_expect_failure 'cherry-pick preserves sparse-checkout' '
pristine_detach initial &&
test_config core.sparseCheckout true &&
test_when_finished "
echo \"/*\" >.git/info/sparse-checkout
git read-tree --reset -u HEAD
rm .git/info/sparse-checkout" &&
echo /unrelated >.git/info/sparse-checkout &&
git read-tree --reset -u HEAD &&
test_must_fail git cherry-pick -Xours picked>actual &&
test_i18ngrep ! "Changes not staged for commit:" actual
'
test_done