Re: [RFC PATCH 00/12] Sparse checkout
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Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
- Date
- Jul 23, 2008, 16:15 UTC
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Hi,
On Wed, 23 Jul 2008, Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy wrote:
> So in short, sparse prefix will be stored in config, core.sparsecheckout.
Do you really think the prefix should be stored anywhere else than the index?
With core.sparseCheckout you have to introduce a _sh*tload_ of config loaders.
And with core.sparseCheckout you are at the whim of the user, since .git/config is _supposed_ to be user-editable.
>From a logical point of view, I'd say that the sparse prefix has nothing
to do with the "configuration" of the local repository.
Ciao, Dscho