Re: [RFC PATCH 00/12] Sparse checkout

From: Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Date: Jul 23, 2008, 16:21 UTC
Message-ID: <fcaeb9bf0807230921m114f5ae0ybfec4917432d6dc7@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.1.00.0807231713280.8986@racer>

On 7/23/08, Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:

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> Hi,
>
>
>  On Wed, 23 Jul 2008, Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy wrote:
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>  > So in short, sparse prefix will be stored in config, core.sparsecheckout.
>
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> 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.

Well, whatever place. I chose .git/config because I did not want to introduce a new config place. But then how about .git/sparsecheckout?

>
>  Ciao,
>  Dscho
>

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Duy