Re: [PATCH 0/4] Sparse-checkout: Add subcommand and Windows paths

From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Feb 11, 2020, 19:48 UTC
Message-ID: <20200211194806.GB2127797@coredump.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <pull.546.git.1581433344.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

On Tue, Feb 11, 2020 at 03:02:20PM +0000, Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget wrote:

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> This is based on ds/sparse-checkout-harden.
> 
> The sparse-checkout builtin currently lets users modify their
> sparse-checkout file with the all-or-nothing "set" subcommand. It may be
> easier for a user to expand their sparse cone using a "git sparse-checkout
> add <pattern/path> ..." subcommand. To achieve this while reusing as much
> code as possible from the "set" subcommand, the first two patches extract
> methods from sparse_checkout_set().

FWIW, this makes perfect sense to me. I actually expected "set" to behave like "add" the first time I tried it out.

-Peff