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sparse checkout UI

From
Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Date
Jul 18, 2008, 13:03 UTC
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<fcaeb9bf0807180603i23ae3568r80631dafc2888f39@mail.gmail.com>
Hi,

I gave up on subtree checkout, the cvs/svn way (making subtree toplevel worktree). Instead I have been working on sparse checkout, which better fits Git's "working at toplevel worktree" philosophy. Things are shaping up, but I still have not figured out UI for entering/leaving/updating sparse checkout.

Should it be an option for git-checkout, like "git checkout --sparse=git-gui"? Or making it a separate command? git-clone may need "--sparse-checkout" option anyway, to be able to do sparse checkout from the beginning.

Opinions?
-- 
Duy
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  1. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyJul 18, 2008

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