From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:15:44 GMT
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 00/12] Sparse checkout
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.1.00.0807231713280.8986@racer>
In-Reply-To: <20080723145518.GA29035@laptop>

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