nsivabalan commented on code in PR #19205:
URL: https://github.com/apache/hudi/pull/19205#discussion_r3573054762


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hudi-spark-datasource/hudi-spark-common/src/main/scala/org/apache/hudi/IncrementalRelationV1.scala:
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@@ -89,8 +88,9 @@ class IncrementalRelationV1(val sqlContext: SQLContext,
       s"option ${DataSourceReadOptions.START_COMMIT.key}")
   }
 
-  if (!metaClient.getTableConfig.populateMetaFields()) {
-    throw new HoodieException("Incremental queries are not supported when meta 
fields are disabled")
+  if (!metaClient.getTableConfig.isCommitTimePopulated()) {
+    throw new HoodieException("Incremental queries are not supported when 
_hoodie_commit_time is not populated. "
+      + "Either keep hoodie.populate.meta.fields=true or include 
_hoodie_commit_time in hoodie.meta.fields.mode.")

Review Comment:
   Addressed in 
[cfd1fea706ed](https://github.com/apache/hudi/pull/19205/commits/cfd1fea706edee5d245201f057cd8755e724d9af):
 extended the error message in `IncrementalRelationV1` / 
`IncrementalRelationV2` to state that `hoodie.meta.fields.mode` is a 
physical-storage decision baked into files at write time — it cannot be flipped 
by changing writer options later, and a table that was created without 
`_hoodie_commit_time` populated must be recreated to enable incremental 
queries. The runtime-immutability guard in 
`HoodieWriterUtils.validateTableConfig` blocks silent flips (both `null → 
non-empty` and `non-empty → different`) with a message pointing at the CLI / 
upgrade path. The follow-up CLI PR 
([#19206](https://github.com/apache/hudi/pull/19206)) adds `table 
set-meta-fields-mode` as the sanctioned mutation path with a `--force` guard 
for tables that already have commits.



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