Re: [PATCH v3 0/7] sparse-checkout: add 'clean' command

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Sep 12, 2025, 16:12 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqq348rodiw.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <pull.1941.v3.git.1757673011.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

"Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> writes:

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> NEW: This series is rebased on a recent master to remove dependence on the
> updates to the global variables used by the sparse-checkout system.
>
> When using cone-mode sparse-checkout, users specify which tracked
> directories they want (recursively) and any directory not part of the parent
> paths for those directories are considered "out of scope". When changing
> sparse-checkouts, there are a variety of reasons why these "out of scope"
> directories could remain, including:
>
>  * The user has .gitignore or .git/info/exclude files that tell Git to not
>    remove files of a certain type.
>  * Some filesystem blocker prevented the removal of a tracked file. This is
>    usually more of an issue on Windows where a read handle will block file
>    deletion.

The updated documentation was easeier to follow (even though I had a "Huh?" moment with "Opportunistically" a bit). Comparing with the previous version (with my rebase to get rid of the dependence on the other topic) and this one, I see a few more code paths have learned to pass "struct repository *" pointers throughout the callchain, which is very nice.

Will replace.  Thanks.