git/list[1] front-page[2] threads[3] people[4] search[5] about
 

Re: [PATCH] command-list.txt: remove 'sparse-index' from main help

From
Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 25, 2021, 15:33 UTC
Message-ID
<f816eec1-cac9-7ed5-18ce-37665c11d571@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<20211024170730.3428123-1-szeder.dev@gmail.com>
On 10/24/2021 1:07 PM, SZEDER Gábor wrote:
Show 11 quoted lines
> Ever since 'git sparse-checkout' was introduced [1] it is included in
> 'git --help' in the section "work on the current change" along with
> the commands 'add', 'mv', 'restore', and 'rm'.  It clearly doesn't
> belong to that group, moreover it can't be considered such a common
> command to belong to 'git --help' in the first place, so remove it
> from there.
> 
> [1] 94c0956b60 (sparse-checkout: create builtin with 'list'
>                 subcommand, 2019-11-21)
> -git-sparse-checkout                     mainporcelain           worktree
> +git-sparse-checkout                     mainporcelain

Thanks! I didn't realize what a pain it would be to include the 'worktree' grouping here.

-Stolee
Previous: Martin ÅgrenNext: Junio C Hamano
Message 3 of 4 in “command-list.txt: remove 'sparse-index' from main help”
  1. command-list.txt: remove 'sparse-index' from main helpSZEDER Gábor, Oct 24, 2021
  2. Martin ÅgrenOct 24, 2021
  3. Derrick StoleeOct 25, 2021
  4. Junio C HamanoOct 25, 2021

Read the whole thread, see it on lore, or plain text.

$ cat FOOTERMessages come from the public archive at lore.kernel.org/git, fetched every hour. The front page is chosen and written each morning by an AI editor and can be wrong; the threads themselves are the record. About and API. For agents: an MCP server at https://gitlist.dev/mcp, and any thread, story or person page as Markdown by adding .md to its URL (or sending Accept: text/markdown). Details in /llms.txt.