From: Jeff Hostetler <git@jeffhostetler.com>
Date: Tue, 28 May 2019 13:29:49 GMT
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] list-objects-filter: disable 'sparse:path' filters
Message-ID: <59f8a7c4-1df9-2b44-2456-485fbce750ba@jeffhostetler.com>
In-Reply-To: <20190528061317.GD7946@sigill.intra.peff.net>



On 5/28/2019 2:13 AM, Jeff King wrote:
> On Fri, May 24, 2019 at 02:46:06PM -0400, Jeff Hostetler wrote:
> 
>> My original thoughts were that we could limit the sparse:path to
>> local use and disallow it over the wire to the server, but that
>> distinction is probably not worth the bother.  Removing it completely
>> is fine.
> 
> Yeah, it had been my plan to limit it only via upload-pack, under the
> assumption that somebody probably wanted it on the local side. If you,
> who added it, are OK with removing it completely, that gives me more
> confidence that nobody is using it (coupled with the general
> experimental nature of partial clones at this point). But I'm still a
> little worried somebody may have found a use for it in the meantime.
> 
> -Peff
> 

yeah, let's simplify things and remove it completely for now.

Jeff