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[PATCH 0/2] Sparse checkout status

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Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Date
Jun 16, 2020, 23:33 UTC
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Some of the feedback of folks trying out sparse-checkouts at $dayjob is that sparse checkouts can sometimes be disorienting; users can forget that they had a sparse-checkout and then wonder where files went. This series adds some output to 'git status' and modifies git-prompt slightly as an attempt to help.

For reference, I suspect that in repositories that are large enough that people always use sparse-checkouts (e.g. windows or office repos), that this isn't a problem. But when the repository is approximately linux-kernel-sized, then it is reasonable for some folks to have a full checkout. sparse-checkouts, however, can provide various build system and IDE performance improvements, so we have a split of users who have sparse-checkouts and those who have full checkouts. It's easy for users who are bridging in between the two worlds or just trying out sparse-checkouts for the first time to get confused.

Elijah Newren (2):
  [RFC] wt-status: show sparse checkout status as well
  [RFC] git-prompt: include sparsity state as well
 contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh |  7 ++++++-
 wt-status.c                      | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 wt-status.h                      |  1 +
 3 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
base-commit: eebb51ba8cab97c0b3f3f18eaab7796803b8494b
Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-git-808%2Fnewren%2Fsparse-checkout-status-v1
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-git-808/newren/sparse-checkout-status-v1
Pull-Request: https://github.com/git/git/pull/808
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  1. 0/2 Sparse checkout statusElijah Newren via GitGitGadget, Jun 16, 2020
  2. 1/2 [RFC] wt-status: show sparse checkout status as wellElijah Newren via GitGitGadget, Jun 16, 2020
  3. Derrick StoleeJun 17, 2020
  4. Elijah NewrenJun 17, 2020
  5. 2/2 [RFC] git-prompt: include sparsity state as wellElijah Newren via GitGitGadget, Jun 16, 2020
  6. 0/2 Sparse checkout statusElijah Newren via GitGitGadget, Jun 18, 2020
  7. 1/2 wt-status: show sparse checkout status as wellElijah Newren via GitGitGadget, Jun 18, 2020
  8. 2/2 git-prompt: include sparsity state as wellElijah Newren via GitGitGadget, Jun 18, 2020
  9. SZEDER GáborJun 19, 2020
  10. Junio C HamanoJun 19, 2020
  11. Junio C HamanoJun 19, 2020
  12. Junio C HamanoJun 18, 2020
  13. Elijah NewrenJun 18, 2020
  14. Elijah NewrenJun 21, 2020
  15. 0/3 Sparse checkout statusElijah Newren via GitGitGadget, Jun 21, 2020
  16. 1/3 wt-status: show sparse checkout status as wellElijah Newren via GitGitGadget, Jun 21, 2020
  17. 3/3 git-prompt: include sparsity state as wellElijah Newren via GitGitGadget, Jun 21, 2020
  18. Junio C HamanoJun 22, 2020
  19. 2/3 git-prompt: document how in-progress operations affect the promptElijah Newren via GitGitGadget, Jun 21, 2020

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