Re: [RFC PATCH v2 4/4] read-tree: add --no-sparse to turn off sparse hook

On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 1:50 PM, Johannes
Schindelin[off-list ref] wrote:

quoted

Why not making the hook to be skipped by default, and pass an explicit
option to trigger the hook?

I like Dscho's other suggestion to use patterns like .gitignore instead
of using hook scripts that needs to be ported across platforms, by the
way.

I forgot to mention that I checked dir.c to verify that
add_excludes_from_file_1() (which is static, so you'll either need to use
it in the same file, or even better, export it renaming it to something
like add_excludes_from_file_to_list()) and excluded_1() (same here)
already do a large part of what you need.

Indeed (and I have that code too). I still like the hook though
because you have more freedom in defining your worktree (and yes, less
portable). I wanted to make something generic enough that you can
build higher "strategies" on top, like .gitignore-based patterns.
Anyway I'll send out another patch for .gitignore patterns tonight and
see how it goes.
-- 
Duy