Re: [RFC PATCH 00/12] Sparse checkout

Hi,

On Wed, 23 Jul 2008, Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy wrote:

On 7/23/08, Johannes Schindelin [off-list ref] wrote:

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 On Wed, 23 Jul 2008, Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy wrote:

 > So in short, sparse prefix will be stored in config, 
 > core.sparsecheckout.

Do you really think the prefix should be stored anywhere else than the 
index?

With core.sparseCheckout you have to introduce a _sh*tload_ of config 
loaders.

And with core.sparseCheckout you are at the whim of the user, since 
.git/config is _supposed_ to be user-editable.

From a logical point of view, I'd say that the sparse prefix has 
nothing to do with the "configuration" of the local repository.

Well, whatever place. I chose .git/config because I did not want to 
introduce a new config place. But then how about .git/sparsecheckout?

No, I did mean the index.  This is an attribute of the index: either it is 
sparsely checked out or not.  You can even have multiple indices 
(switching between them by setting GIT_INDEX_FILE) which have different 
prefixes.

Ciao,
Dscho "who seems to recall that the first series was much less intrusive"