From: Robin H. Johnson <robbat2@gentoo.org>
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 21:48:01 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] clone: allow initial sparse checkouts
Message-ID: <robbat2-20140224T214733-300290109Z@orbis-terrarum.net>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqzjlg9zdn.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>

On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 09:47:16AM -0800,  Junio C Hamano wrote:
> "Robin H. Johnson" <robbat2@gentoo.org> writes:
> > The only other clean alternative would be implementing ONLY
> > --sparse-checkout-from, and letting uses use fds creatively:
> > --sparse-checkout-from <(echo X; echo Y)
> Not all POSIX shells have such an abomination that is process
> substitution.  You can easily work it around by adopting the usual
> convention to use "-" to read from the standasrd input, though.
> 
> 	(echo X; echo Y) | cmd --sparse-checkout-from -
Is that a vote that you'd like to see a --sparse-checkout-from variant
of my patch?

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Robin Hugh Johnson
Gentoo Linux: Developer, Infrastructure Lead
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