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Re: sparse fetch, was Re: [PATCH 08/12] git-clone: support --path to do sparse clone

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Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Jul 24, 2008, 18:28 UTC
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On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 06:41:03PM +0100, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
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> > As a user, I would expect "sparse clone" to also be sparse on the 
> > fetching. That is, to not even bother fetching tree objects that we are 
> > not going to check out. But that is a whole other can of worms from 
> > local sparseness, so I think it is worth saving for a different series.
> 
> I think this is not even worth of a series.  Sure, it would have benefits 
> for those who want sparse checkouts.  But it comes for a high price on 
> everyone else:

I agree there are a lot of issues. I am just thinking of the person who said they had a >100G repository. But I am also not volunteering to do it, so I will let somebody who really cares about it try to defend the idea.

-Peff
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Message 4 of 16 in “git-clone: support --path to do sparse clone”
  1. 08/12 git-clone: support --path to do sparse cloneNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jul 23, 2008
  2. Jeff KingJul 24, 2008
  3. sparse fetch, was Re: [PATCH 08/12] git-clone: support --path to do sparse cloneJohannes Schindelin, Jul 24, 2008
  4. Jeff KingJul 24, 2008
  5. Johannes SchindelinJul 25, 2008
  6. James PickensJul 25, 2008
  7. Jeff KingJul 25, 2008
  8. Junio C HamanoJul 25, 2008
  9. Sverre RabbelierJul 25, 2008
  10. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyJul 24, 2008
  11. Petr BaudisJul 24, 2008
  12. Sverre RabbelierJul 24, 2008
  13. Johannes SchindelinJul 25, 2008
  14. Petr BaudisJul 25, 2008
  15. Sverre RabbelierJul 25, 2008
  16. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyJul 24, 2008

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