From: Derrick Stolee <dsto...@microsoft.com>

The instructions for disabling a sparse-checkout to a full
working directory are complicated and non-intuitive. Add a
subcommand, 'git sparse-checkout disable', to perform those
steps for the user.

Signed-off-by: Derrick Stolee <dsto...@microsoft.com>
---
 Documentation/git-sparse-checkout.txt | 26 +++++++---------
 builtin/sparse-checkout.c             | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 t/t1091-sparse-checkout-builtin.sh    | 15 +++++++++
 3 files changed, 67 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/git-sparse-checkout.txt 
b/Documentation/git-sparse-checkout.txt
index 6f540a3443..de04b768ae 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-sparse-checkout.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-sparse-checkout.txt
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ COMMANDS
        Add a set of patterns to the sparse-checkout file, as given over
        stdin. Updates the working directory to match the new patterns.
 
+'disable'::
+       Remove the sparse-checkout file, set `core.sparseCheckout` to
+       `false`, and restore the working directory to include all files.
+
 SPARSE CHECKOUT
 ----------------
 
@@ -60,6 +64,13 @@ Then it compares the new skip-worktree value with the 
previous one. If
 skip-worktree turns from set to unset, it will add the corresponding
 file back. If it turns from unset to set, that file will be removed.
 
+To repopulate the working directory with all files, use the
+`git sparse-checkout disable` command.
+
+Sparse checkout support in 'git read-tree' and similar commands is
+disabled by default. You need to set `core.sparseCheckout` to `true`
+in order to have sparse checkout support.
+
 ## FULL PATTERN SET
 
 By default, the sparse-checkout file uses the same syntax as `.gitignore`
@@ -74,21 +85,6 @@ negate patterns. For example, to remove the file `unwanted`:
 !unwanted
 ----------------
 
-Another tricky thing is fully repopulating the working directory when you
-no longer want sparse checkout. You cannot just disable "sparse
-checkout" because skip-worktree bits are still in the index and your working
-directory is still sparsely populated. You should re-populate the working
-directory with the `$GIT_DIR/info/sparse-checkout` file content as
-follows:
-
-----------------
-/*
-----------------
-
-Then you can disable sparse checkout. Sparse checkout support in 'git
-read-tree' and similar commands is disabled by default. You need to
-set `core.sparseCheckout` to `true` in order to have sparse checkout
-support.
 
 SEE ALSO
 --------
diff --git a/builtin/sparse-checkout.c b/builtin/sparse-checkout.c
index ec6134fecc..8f97c27ec7 100644
--- a/builtin/sparse-checkout.c
+++ b/builtin/sparse-checkout.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #include "strbuf.h"
 
 static char const * const builtin_sparse_checkout_usage[] = {
-       N_("git sparse-checkout [init|add|list]"),
+       N_("git sparse-checkout [init|add|list|disable]"),
        NULL
 };
 
@@ -79,11 +79,24 @@ static int sc_read_tree(void)
        return result;
 }
 
-static int sc_enable_config(void)
+static int sc_set_config(int mode)
 {
        struct argv_array argv = ARGV_ARRAY_INIT;
        int result = 0;
-       argv_array_pushl(&argv, "config", "--add", "core.sparseCheckout", 
"true", NULL);
+       argv_array_pushl(&argv, "config", "--add", "core.sparseCheckout", NULL);
+
+       switch (mode) {
+       case 1:
+               argv_array_pushl(&argv, "true", NULL);
+               break;
+
+       case 0:
+               argv_array_pushl(&argv, "false", NULL);
+               break;
+
+       default:
+               die(_("invalid config mode"));
+       }
 
        if (run_command_v_opt(argv.argv, RUN_GIT_CMD)) {
                error(_("failed to enable core.sparseCheckout"));
@@ -125,7 +138,7 @@ static int sparse_checkout_init(int argc, const char **argv)
        FILE *fp;
        int res;
 
-       if (sc_enable_config())
+       if (sc_set_config(1))
                return 1;
 
        memset(&el, 0, sizeof(el));
@@ -194,6 +207,28 @@ static int sparse_checkout_add(int argc, const char **argv)
        return sc_read_tree();
 }
 
+static int sparse_checkout_disable(int argc, const char **argv)
+{
+       char *sparse_filename;
+       FILE *fp;
+
+       if (sc_set_config(1))
+               die(_("failed to change config"));
+
+       sparse_filename = get_sparse_checkout_filename();
+       fp = fopen(sparse_filename, "w");
+       fprintf(fp, "/*\n");
+       fclose(fp);
+
+       if (sc_read_tree())
+               die(_("error while refreshing working directory"));
+
+       unlink(sparse_filename);
+       free(sparse_filename);
+
+       return sc_set_config(0);
+}
+
 int cmd_sparse_checkout(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
        static struct option builtin_sparse_checkout_options[] = {
@@ -217,6 +252,8 @@ int cmd_sparse_checkout(int argc, const char **argv, const 
char *prefix)
                        return sparse_checkout_init(argc, argv);
                if (!strcmp(argv[0], "add"))
                        return sparse_checkout_add(argc, argv);
+               if (!strcmp(argv[0], "disable"))
+                       return sparse_checkout_disable(argc, argv);
        }
 
        usage_with_options(builtin_sparse_checkout_usage,
diff --git a/t/t1091-sparse-checkout-builtin.sh 
b/t/t1091-sparse-checkout-builtin.sh
index 499bd8d6d0..68ca63a6f6 100755
--- a/t/t1091-sparse-checkout-builtin.sh
+++ b/t/t1091-sparse-checkout-builtin.sh
@@ -120,4 +120,19 @@ test_expect_success 'add to existing sparse-checkout' '
        test_cmp expect dir
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'sparse-checkout disable' '
+       git -C repo sparse-checkout disable &&
+       test_path_is_missing repo/.git/info/sparse-checkout &&
+       git -C repo config --list >config &&
+       test_i18ngrep "core.sparsecheckout=false" config &&
+       ls repo >dir &&
+       cat >expect <<-EOF &&
+               a
+               deep
+               folder1
+               folder2
+       EOF
+       test_cmp expect dir
+'
+
 test_done
\ No newline at end of file
-- 
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