Re: [PATCH 3/3] git-read-tree.txt: correct sparse-checkout and skip-worktree description

>>> In hindsight, it would have been much better to have a "sparse-ignore"
>>> or "sparse-skip" file so that an empty file would mean a full checkout,
>>> and the file logic would be analogous to that of .gitignore, excludes
>>> and skip-worktree.
>>
>> .gitignore works towards excluding files. No rule means no excluding.
>> sparse-checkout file works towards including files, no rule means no
>> inclusion.
>
> Sure, but with a "sparse-skip" rather than "sparse-checkout", we would
> not even need an additional config variable, and the skip-worktree
> centered explanations would follow the same logic (no need for the
> additional negation) as the ignore files and the new sparse-skip file.