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Re: [PATCH v3] checkout: add --ignore-skip-worktree-bits in sparse checkout mode

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Müller Kirill <kirill.mueller@ivt.baug.ethz.ch>
Date
May 14, 2013, 09:27 UTC
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Thank you, this looks nice. What needs to be done that this will eventually reach the git in my favorite distribution? Which version of Git will this be?

Cheers
Kirill
On Sat, 2013-04-13 at 09:12 +1000, Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy wrote:
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> "git checkout -- <paths>" is usually used to restore all modified
> files in <paths>. In sparse checkout mode, this command is overloaded
> with another meaning: to add back all files in <paths> that are
> excluded by sparse patterns.
> 
> As the former makes more sense for day-to-day use. Switch it to the
> default and the latter enabled with --ignore-skip-worktree-bits.
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Message 16 of 17 in “Hard reset of a subdirectory in a sparse checkout setting”
  1. Kirill MüllerMar 22, 2013
  2. Duy NguyenMar 23, 2013
  3. Kirill MüllerMar 23, 2013
  4. checkout: add --sparse for restoring files in sparse checkout modeNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 24, 2013
  5. Eric SunshineMar 24, 2013
  6. Jonathan NiederMar 24, 2013
  7. Kirill MüllerMar 24, 2013
  8. Duy NguyenMar 25, 2013
  9. Jonathan NiederMar 25, 2013
  10. checkout: add --no-widen for restoring files in sparse checkout modeNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 30, 2013
  11. Jonathan NiederApr 1, 2013
  12. Junio C HamanoApr 1, 2013
  13. Duy NguyenApr 1, 2013
  14. Jonathan NiederApr 1, 2013
  15. checkout: add --ignore-skip-worktree-bits in sparse checkout modeNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Apr 12, 2013
  16. Müller KirillMay 14, 2013
  17. Duy NguyenMay 14, 2013

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