On Fri, May 24, 2019 at 02:46:06PM -0400, Jeff Hostetler wrote:

My original thoughts were that we could limit the sparse:path to
local use and disallow it over the wire to the server, but that
distinction is probably not worth the bother.  Removing it completely
is fine.

Yeah, it had been my plan to limit it only via upload-pack, under the
assumption that somebody probably wanted it on the local side. If you,
who added it, are OK with removing it completely, that gives me more
confidence that nobody is using it (coupled with the general
experimental nature of partial clones at this point). But I'm still a
little worried somebody may have found a use for it in the meantime.

-Peff