[PATCH] Implement git-checkout-cache -u to update stat information in the cache.

With -u flag, git-checkout-cache picks up the stat information
from newly created file and updates the cache.  This removes the
need to run git-update-cache --refresh immediately after running
git-checkout-cache.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

1 files changed, 31 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/t/t2002-checkout-cache-u.sh b/t/t2002-checkout-cache-u.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2005 Junio C Hamano
+#
+
+test_description='git-checkout-cache -u test.
+
+With -u flag, git-checkout-cache internally runs the equivalent of
+git-update-cache --refresh on the checked out entry.'
+
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+test_expect_success \
+'preparation' '
+echo frotz >path0 &&
+git-update-cache --add path0 &&
+t=$(git-write-tree)'
+
+test_expect_failure \
+'without -u, git-checkout-cache smudges stat information.' '
+rm -f path0 &&
+git-read-tree $t &&
+git-checkout-cache -f -a &&
+git-diff-files | diff - /dev/null'
+
+test_expect_success \
+'with -u, git-checkout-cache picks up stat information from new files.' '
+rm -f path0 &&
+git-read-tree $t &&
+git-checkout-cache -u -f -a &&
+git-diff-files | diff - /dev/null'