Re: [RFC PATCH v3 8/8] --sparse for porcelains

Hi,

On Mon, 17 Aug 2009, Junio C Hamano wrote:

I'd say that assume-unchanged is a promise you make git that you won't 
change these paths, and in return to the promise git will give you 
faster response by not running lstat on them.  Having changes in such 
paths is your problem and you deserve these chanegs to be lost.  At 
least, that is the interpretation according to the original 
assume-unchanged semantics.

That's why I did not suggest using assume-unchanged (which the guy did 
previously, and was burnt, deservedly, as you say).

However, my illustration of the scenario was only to one end, namely to 
convince all of you that assume-changed != sparse.

And maybe to the end to explain that sparse checkout could help this guy.

Ciao,
Dscho