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Re: Bug report - sparse-checkout ignores prefix when run in subdirectories

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Jan 6, 2022, 00:17 UTC
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Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com> writes:
> Are you possibly confusing pathspecs with gitignore patterns here?
> (Or am I?)  Or are you suggesting that sparse-checkout be modified to
> accept either gitignore-style files or pathspecs and handle both?

Much closer to the latter (actually, removing ignore patterns, and make the subsystem work with pathspecs).

> I have never liked that gitignore-style patterns were used for
> sparse-checkout, but it has always seemed a bit too late to change it.
Perhaps.
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> Ever since Stolee introduced cone-mode, my preferred strategy for
> fixing the gitignore-style patterns problem, assuming we are allowed
> to do so, is to deprecate if not kill non-cone mode.  (And in the
> meantime, I'm just doing due diligence when I mention non-cone mode in
> my reviews.)
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  1. Lessley DenningtonJan 5, 2022
  2. Junio C HamanoJan 5, 2022
  3. Elijah NewrenJan 5, 2022
  4. Junio C HamanoJan 5, 2022
  5. Elijah NewrenJan 6, 2022
  6. Junio C HamanoJan 6, 2022
  7. Elijah NewrenJan 6, 2022
  8. Junio C HamanoJan 6, 2022
  9. Derrick StoleeJan 27, 2022
  10. Elijah NewrenJan 27, 2022

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