Re: [PATCH v3 0/2] Using gitfile repository with clone --reference

> Here's the third version of my series for dealing with gitfiles in clone
> --reference.
>
> The first patch is unchanged from the previous version except for the
> addition of a Reviewed-by line.
>
> The second patch has been modified so that it now supports having a .git
> file supplied as the argument to the option directly rather than only
> dealing with that if the containing directory was supplied.  This makes
> the first patch from the series more important, since it would make even
> less sense to complain that the path isn't a directory when a
> non-directory is acceptable.
>
> I've also fixed the minor style issue in the test script from the previous
> versions.