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Re: [PATCH/RFC 0/7] Add possibility to clone specific subdirectories

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Jul 28, 2016, 20:33 UTC
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Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com> writes:
>> 4. Fsck complains about missing blobs. Should be fairly easy to fix.
>
> Not really. You'll have to associate path information with blobs
> before you decide that a blob should exist or not.

Also the same blob or the tree can exist both inside and outside the narrowed area, as people reorganize their trees all the time. I am not quite convinced a path-based approach (either yours or Robin's) is workable in the longer term.

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Message 11 of 12 in “Add possibility to clone specific subdirectories”
  1. 0/7 Add possibility to clone specific subdirectoriesRobin Ruede, Jul 28, 2016
  2. 1/7 list-objects: add sparse-prefix option to rev_infoRobin Ruede, Jul 28, 2016
  3. 2/7 pack-objects: add sparse-prefixRobin Ruede, Jul 28, 2016
  4. 3/7 Skip checking integrity of files ignored by sparseRobin Ruede, Jul 28, 2016
  5. 5/7 fetch: add sparse-prefix optionRobin Ruede, Jul 28, 2016
  6. 6/7 clone: add sparse-prefix optionRobin Ruede, Jul 28, 2016
  7. 4/7 fetch-pack: add sparse prefix to smart protocolRobin Ruede, Jul 28, 2016
  8. 7/7 remote-curl: add sparse prefixRobin Ruede, Jul 28, 2016
  9. Duy NguyenJul 28, 2016
  10. Duy NguyenJul 28, 2016
  11. Junio C HamanoJul 28, 2016
  12. Duy NguyenJul 29, 2016

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