Re: [PATCH] command-list.txt: remove 'sparse-index' from main help
From: Junio C Hamano <hidden>
Date: 2021-10-25 16:10:12
SZEDER Gábor [off-list ref] writes:
Ever since 'git sparse-checkout' was introduced [1] it is included in
'git --help' in the section "work on the current change" along with
the commands 'add', 'mv', 'restore', and 'rm'. It clearly doesn't
belong to that group, moreover it can't be considered such a common
command to belong to 'git --help' in the first place, so remove it
from there.
[1] 94c0956b60 (sparse-checkout: create builtin with 'list'
subcommand, 2019-11-21)
Signed-off-by: SZEDER Gábor <redacted>
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command-list.txt | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)Redirecting to Stolee just in case for an Ack. I tend to agree that this is a housekeeping command for a local repository to control what are and what are not materialized in the working tree. It does not directly affect the history produced from there, similar to "git gc" is, so in that sense, I do not think we would miss it in the "list of usual commands". If I had to have it in some category, I do agree with the current code that it belongs to the "worktree" family, though. Thanks, will queue.
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diff --git a/command-list.txt b/command-list.txt index a289f09ed6..eb9cee8dee 100644 --- a/command-list.txt +++ b/command-list.txt@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ git-show-index plumbinginterrogators git-show-ref plumbinginterrogators git-sh-i18n purehelpers git-sh-setup purehelpers -git-sparse-checkout mainporcelain worktree +git-sparse-checkout mainporcelain git-stash mainporcelain git-stage complete git-status mainporcelain info