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Re: What's cooking in git.git (Nov 2008, #06; Wed, 26)

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Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Dec 12, 2008, 03:36 UTC
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On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 07:12:53PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Sure, but as "sparse" does not (again, "it should not, at least to me")
> change the fact that git is about tracking the history of whole tree, not
> just a single file, nor just a subset of files, none of these operations
> should be affected about what the checkout area is.

I agree with Junio here. If you want "git grep foo HEAD^" to ignore certain files, then sparse _checkout_ is not the right feature. In that case you want a sparse _repo_, which is not something I think anybody is seriously working on.

-Peff
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Message 30 of 37 in “What's cooking in git.git (Nov 2008, #06; Wed, 26)”
  1. Junio C HamanoNov 27, 2008
  2. Johannes SchindelinNov 27, 2008
  3. Junio C HamanoNov 28, 2008
  4. Johannes SchindelinNov 28, 2008
  5. Shawn O. PearceNov 28, 2008
  6. Junio C HamanoNov 29, 2008
  7. git add --intent-to-add: fix removal of cached emptinessJunio C Hamano, Nov 29, 2008
  8. 1/3 builtin-rm.c: explain and clarify the "local change" logicJunio C Hamano, Nov 29, 2008
  9. 2/3 git add --intent-to-add: fix removal of cached emptinessJunio C Hamano, Nov 29, 2008
  10. Sverre RabbelierNov 29, 2008
  11. Jeff KingNov 30, 2008
  12. 3/3 git add --intent-to-add: do not let an empty blob committed by accidentJunio C Hamano, Nov 29, 2008
  13. Jeff KingNov 30, 2008
  14. Junio C HamanoDec 1, 2008
  15. Daniel BarkalowNov 29, 2008
  16. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyNov 29, 2008
  17. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyNov 30, 2008
  18. Daniel BarkalowNov 30, 2008
  19. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyDec 6, 2008
  20. Daniel BarkalowDec 6, 2008
  21. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyDec 7, 2008
  22. Daniel BarkalowDec 7, 2008
  23. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyDec 8, 2008
  24. Daniel BarkalowDec 8, 2008
  25. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyDec 11, 2008
  26. Daniel BarkalowDec 11, 2008
  27. Junio C HamanoDec 12, 2008
  28. Daniel BarkalowDec 12, 2008
  29. Junio C HamanoDec 12, 2008
  30. Jeff KingDec 12, 2008
  31. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyDec 12, 2008
  32. Johannes SixtDec 12, 2008
  33. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyDec 12, 2008
  34. Junio C HamanoDec 13, 2008
  35. Junio C HamanoDec 13, 2008
  36. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyDec 12, 2008
  37. Junio C HamanoDec 7, 2008

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