From: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2022 02:30:08 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 7/9] git-sparse-checkout.txt: flesh out non-cone mode pattern discussion a bit
Message-ID: <CABPp-BE6bFsdSs1j4_M7T1EisT6vQOOoTPeRU8GJKprRqqeedw@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqo828p7zt.fsf@gitster.g>

On Mon, Mar 14, 2022 at 1:57 PM Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
>
> "Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> writes:
>
> >  INTERNALS -- FULL PATTERN SET
> >  -----------------------------
> >
> > -By default, the sparse-checkout file uses the same syntax as `.gitignore`
> > -files.
> > -
> > -While `$GIT_DIR/info/sparse-checkout` is usually used to specify what
> > -files are included, you can also specify what files are _not_ included,
> > -using negative patterns. For example, to remove the file `unwanted`:
> > +As noted above, the sparse-checkout file uses the same syntax as
> > +`.gitignore` files; see linkgit:gitignore[5] for details.  Here,
>
> Here, following the suggestion to fix the early part of "Cone mode
> patterns" section, move the "it is more flexible but requires more
> cycles to process" you had there to replace the "As noted above".

Makes sense; I'll restructure it with this and some of the other
modifications you mentioned earlier to simplify the cone mode
discussion.