Re: [PATCH 2/3] sparse-checkout: clear patterns when switching modes

On Mon, Sep 20, 2021 at 02:52:20PM -0400, Taylor Blau wrote:

See my message at [1] for some more details about a possible suggestion
there.

OK, I see that in the third patch we do start complaining about adding
patterns in cone-mode when the existing sparse checkout configuration
does not form a cone.

So that may indicate that we expect users who wish to blow away their
configuration to just run "init --cone". I'd be OK with that (without an
additional warning step, although I think that doing that would be
better). But either way, we should document this behavior clearly.

[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/git/YUi55%2F3L9nizTVyA@nand.local/ (local)

Thanks,
Taylor