Re: [PATCHv8 0/5] pathspec magic extension to search for attributes

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: May 20, 2016, 18:19 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqq8tz4ego4.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAGZ79kaBjHXGNxR_6WNWMtmBm0H_QCpHGciM7B1yY1yJ3S23wA@mail.gmail.com>

Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com> writes:

> As a user I'd prefer to be exposed to as few concepts as possible,
> and adding yet another concept of sparseness is not a good thing
> IMHO, so I'll try to keep it simple there.

Yes, and as a user, I'd prefer if I (and all the users) do not have to even worry about the "sparse" hack.

If you are using submodules, it was in its design from day one that it is not unsual for many of your submodules to be uninitialized (but still present). And that is a pretty normal state. I do not think we want to expose users to the "sparse" hack only to use submodules effectively.