Re: [PATCH v5 00/17] New sparse-checkout builtin and "cone" mode

"Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget" [off-list ref] writes:

V4 UPDATE: Rebased on latest master to include ew/hashmap and
ds/include-exclude in the base.

This series makes the sparse-checkout feature more user-friendly. While
there, I also present a way to use a limited set of patterns to gain a
significant performance boost in very large repositories.
...
Updates in V5:

 * The 'set' subcommand now enables the core.sparseCheckout config setting
   (unless the checkout fails).
   
   
 * If the in-process unpack_trees() fails with the new patterns, the
   index.lock file is rolled back before the replay of the old
   sparse-checkout patterns.
   
   
 * Some documentation fixes, f(d)open->xf(d)open calls, and other nits.
   Thanks everyone!

Thanks.  I quickly scanned the changes between the last round and
this one, and all I saw were pure improvements ;-)  Not that I claim
to have read the previous round very carefully, though.

Will replace and queue.