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

> On Wed, Jan 5, 2022 at 4:17 PM Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
>>
>> 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).
>
> Oh, interesting.  That'd at least suggest you're also happy to get rid
> of the ignore patterns in this subsystem if we find a feasible
> transition plan to do so.  I'll keep that in mind.  :-)