From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 17:47:16 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] clone: allow initial sparse checkouts
Message-ID: <xmqqzjlg9zdn.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <robbat2-20140223T204934-225383635Z@orbis-terrarum.net>

"Robin H. Johnson" <robbat2@gentoo.org> writes:

> The only other clean alternative would be implementing ONLY
> --sparse-checkout-from, and letting uses use fds creatively:
> --sparse-checkout-from <(echo X; echo Y)

Not all POSIX shells have such an abomination that is process
substitution.  You can easily work it around by adopting the usual
convention to use "-" to read from the standasrd input, though.

	(echo X; echo Y) | cmd --sparse-checkout-from -