From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.9 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_NONE shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0BB71F4C0 for ; Wed, 16 Oct 2019 19:01:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S2436659AbfJPTBD (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Oct 2019 15:01:03 -0400 Received: from mail-vs1-f66.google.com ([209.85.217.66]:46962 "EHLO mail-vs1-f66.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S2436617AbfJPTBC (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Oct 2019 15:01:02 -0400 Received: by mail-vs1-f66.google.com with SMTP id z14so16309864vsz.13 for ; Wed, 16 Oct 2019 12:01:02 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=4EYsDoHIhxrg2rFMd+uENiLA+5EhpoQzDr/1XsYUPOo=; b=KXVrOnemp2QeNm5goGJBYnmyRA65bUNFs8R81dMUGLkzLeRMXFy4Gw+WSXf43CnIxF wAmPyp9wXrD7PMLLgP1HOECqkELf+tJsZDjGHmLKfWlwUytgZ5yp002Lx9nrq+N1DG9H ki8gAUd+SILIzJPgjZ1MXinNVEb4vqFrkmlhkJ0Pn3xgGyXnavGWLFS1dQCLPUeAYIxd 5GVrqyXXXBYz61fyIHOdsDKXVLGHeCX7+p9VqIOpv7SObfNKM2ZkAx1d/6uPKJIqgt7n ZUt9Rkd8Kb4xCxERRsNOL4dgjirdy3BmlImgkd5NfzLlnj21BbyfNjluDUHXBZEmEJaX zyyA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=4EYsDoHIhxrg2rFMd+uENiLA+5EhpoQzDr/1XsYUPOo=; b=lTRshjZ4VL2zaoF0MG5T34Y3mJAbH7Y6TLsSjVXyAPtEhBHn48B5uqsEU4l/D2hlm6 N/KwGbSH/wuWPVKZ3N9fIY+gjl5jC6FZz3YzSNC9FAa1N00ge+V3Ws7IAQnGAoPRk0rZ 3WQb8+zybMZj2lMEaJ2pIU2Yd77PatdP1hR8yk6ojG7KgfM6yvc2RKAr0hRif1+/dQKs 0E4djctnYYtTbXepAICCSkYVBqHQX02cqrMs3kzbdUyS60RBuPrmYd7NiVX0PPPHGwcR V/Frwrn0cL2D+kzIQ8isgu3fHhfPLqqFZn7pUBW6/Vy0FzvbN5YWQBZogWePlXomINxD ZFBw== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAUY/Dnx3XuF6v6YoXQrIvtnE/ltR7VUyHlD0g5f73M2dL+f0Svr AhK9KvQS+wz1cn+z2LaPxEXgSfR2Uweh5fXfkxp4W9gn X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqy5na67wih/6VN5bXiQ/nYQgnmTxOGwQUKR1RNtNGit7v//Aop7P9nMPfcO/9lzNJCRY+4R7A9oYg6ezh0SWe4= X-Received: by 2002:a67:f84d:: with SMTP id b13mr24003606vsp.136.1571252461462; Wed, 16 Oct 2019 12:01:01 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <63626e109767c268ee81b50abd21b95b1f1b5bfb.1571147765.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <63626e109767c268ee81b50abd21b95b1f1b5bfb.1571147765.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com> From: Elijah Newren Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2019 12:00:49 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 01/17] sparse-checkout: create builtin with 'list' subcommand To: Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget Cc: Git Mailing List , Derrick Stolee , Junio C Hamano Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Oct 15, 2019 at 6:56 AM Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget wrote: > +DESCRIPTION > +----------- > + > +Initialize and modify the sparse-checkout configuration, which reduces > +the checkout to a set of directories given by a list of prefixes. > + > +THIS COMMAND IS EXPERIMENTAL. THE BEHAVIOR MAY CHANGE. I think the wording needs to be a bit more detailed; you copied the wording from git-switch.txt, but usage of git-switch is not expected to modify the behavior of other commands. sparse-checkout, by contrast, is designed to affect other commands: at the very least checkout & switch, and likely will affect grep, diff, log, and a host of others. Perhaps something like: THIS COMMAND IS EXPERIMENTAL. ITS BEHAVIOR, AND THE BEHAVIOR OF OTHER COMMANDS IN THE PRESENCE OF SPARSE-CHECKOUTS, WILL LIKELY CHANGE IN THE FUTURE.