From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2016 20:33:17 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC 0/7] Add possibility to clone specific subdirectories
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In-Reply-To: <CACsJy8AW3Z+C81F6w7WiZXXvcLRv9PB4=Wjbze6eE_MPgikU8A@mail.gmail.com>

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.