From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2020 20:18:55 GMT
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 3/3] grep: add option to ignore sparsity patterns
Message-ID: <xmqqh7ycw5lc.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <CABPp-BHtfb4g3-EsiT_X-hCZYiDeDE0mbrV1ZUpOfWujRjAO3Q@mail.gmail.com>

Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com> writes:

> It sounds like you are describing partial clone rather than sparse
> checkout?  Or perhaps you're trying to blur the distinction,
> suggesting the two should be used together, with the partial clone
> machinery learning to download history within the specified sparse
> cones?

Yeah, I guess it is a little bit of both ;-)

>>  Regardless of the choice of the default, it would be a good
>> idea to make the subcommands consistently offer the same default and
>> allow the non-default views with the same UI.
>
> Agreed.

Yup, thanks.