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Re: sparse/narrow checkout

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DRDale Rowley <ddrowley3@juno.com>
Date
Feb 22, 2009, 04:20 UTC
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Miklos Vajna <vmiklos <at> frugalware.org> writes:
> 
> On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 09:46:29PM +0000, "ddrowley3 <at> juno.com" <ddrowley3
<at> juno.com> wrote:
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> > I noticed a few months ago that work was being done on providing
> > capability for sparse/narrow checkout. I was looking forward to using
> > this feature, but I haven't seen any mention of it for a while. Is it
> > still in the works? If so, is there an estimate of when it will be
> > released?
> 
> Search back a bit in the archives:
> 
> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/104204
> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/103987
>

Yes, I gathered from those posts that work was being done. But I don't see this feature in the latest stable release (1.6.1.3), so I was wondering whether it has been abandoned or whether I should be more patient. This feature would be useful to us, so I just wanted to make sure it hasn't fallen through the cracks...

Dale
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  3. Dale RowleyFeb 22, 2009
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