Re: [PATCH 07/10] checkout: add -S to update sparse checkout

Jonathan Nieder [off-list ref] writes:

quoted

+-S::
+--update-sparse-checkout::
+	An editor is invoked to let you update your sparse checkout
+	patterns. The updated patterns will be saved in
+	$GIT_DIR/info/sparse-checkout. The working directory is also
+	updated. An empty file will abort the process.

Wording nit: this doesn't make the worktree more up-to-date.  How
about:

 --edit-sparse-checkout
 --define-work-area
 --narrow-worktree

Hmph.

--edit-sparse-checkout seems best for consistency of the choices I can
think of.

"--change-sparse-checkout"?

Onna-account of "edit" sounding like you're actually somehow editting
the checkout itself...  OTOH, since it invokes the editor... hmmm

BTW, wouldn't it be more convenient to allow specifying patterns
directly via the command line?  I'd think in many (maybe the majority
of) cases people will really only want one entry, and having to edit a
file to specify it seems vaguely annoying...

-Miles

-- 
.Numeric stability is probably not all that important when you're guessing.