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From: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
To: Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com>
Cc: Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>,
	Git Mailing List <git@vger.kernel.org>,
	Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/9] [RFC] New sparse-checkout builtin and "cone" mode
Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2019 11:16:19 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CABPp-BFGcuf6jnLndi_s_LGA9M4FAb1_GGOYo=Bxky5pv5CWug@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <c919513a-f41f-2ce8-60ed-e0b0733c0c7f@gmail.com>

On Mon, Aug 26, 2019 at 6:29 AM Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 8/24/2019 1:40 AM, Elijah Newren wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 22, 2019 at 6:10 AM Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> On 8/21/2019 5:52 PM, Elijah Newren wrote:
> >>> On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 8:12 AM Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
> >>> <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> wrote:
> >

> >> In this series, I turn `core.sparseCheckout` into a tri-state, and only
> >> try to validate the sparse-checkout when `core.sparseCheckout=cone`.
> >> This avoids spending time on the validation when someone is content using
> >> the existing feature.
> >>
> >> The _intent_ of using the sparse-checkout file and no extra data structure
> >> was to let other clients (or an older client) read the sparse-checkout data
> >> and result in the same working directory. One thing I realized after
> >> submitting is that the tri-state config variable will cause old clients
> >> to error on parsing the non-boolean value. Instead, in v2 I will introduce
> >> a new boolean config variable "core.sparseCheckoutCone" that will do the
> >> same thing as the current series when `core.sparseCheckout=cone` and will
> >> fix this compat scenario.
> >
> > Once we are forced to use yet another config variable, we may as well
> > use yet another config file ($GITDIR/info/sparse-checkout-cone or
> > something; or maybe a less specific name with greater future
> > compatibility via some version marking in it).
>
> I'm hesitant to include a second "source of truth," as that can cause
> issues when users modify the sparse-checkout file directly. Since the
> existing way to interact with the sparse-checkout is to directly edit
> the file, I want to be as careful as possible around users who modify
> that themselves. The caveat is that if they specify "cone" mode then
> they will get warnings and worse performance if they modify it outside
> the limited patterns we allow.

Wait...does that mean you allow mixing and matching both regular style
sparse-checkout declarations with cone-mode style declarations within
the same file?  Are the non-cone mode entries ignored?  Does it
fallback to non-cone mode for all entries?  Or does that mean you
allow checking out both old and new styles of filesets, where you
optimize the cone-mode style declarations with your hashsets, and have
the remaining ones fall back to the old O(N*M) matching?  (I think it
does the last of those, right?)

If you support both, it sounds like you naturally support doing cone
mode with allowing people to also grab a handful of additional files
without the rest of their directories or parents.  It's just that
folks who want to do that will ask for a way to turn off any warnings
you spew, and if you turn the warnings off, then people who meant to
get cone behavior but mistyped stuff might complain about no warnings.
Hmm....

(Just trying to think things through out loud; I don't necessarily
know what's good or bad here, just voicing what I think might happen.)

  reply	other threads:[~2019-08-26 18:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 196+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-08-20 15:11 [PATCH 0/9] [RFC] New sparse-checkout builtin and "cone" mode Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-08-20 15:11 ` [PATCH 1/9] sparse-checkout: create builtin with 'list' subcommand Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-08-23 22:30   ` Elijah Newren
2019-08-20 15:11 ` [PATCH 2/9] sparse-checkout: create 'init' subcommand Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-08-23 23:02   ` Elijah Newren
2019-09-11 14:27     ` Derrick Stolee
2019-09-11 20:28     ` Derrick Stolee
2019-08-20 15:11 ` [PATCH 3/9] clone: add --sparse mode Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-08-23 23:17   ` Elijah Newren
2019-09-18 13:51     ` Derrick Stolee
2019-08-20 15:11 ` [PATCH 4/9] sparse-checkout: 'add' subcommand Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-08-23 23:30   ` Elijah Newren
2019-09-18 13:55     ` Derrick Stolee
2019-09-18 14:56       ` Elijah Newren
2019-09-18 17:23         ` Derrick Stolee
2019-08-20 15:11 ` [PATCH 6/9] trace2:experiment: clear_ce_flags_1 Jeff Hostetler via GitGitGadget
2019-08-24  0:08   ` Elijah Newren
2019-08-20 15:11 ` [PATCH 5/9] sparse-checkout: create 'disable' subcommand Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-08-23 23:50   ` Elijah Newren
2019-08-20 15:11 ` [PATCH 7/9] sparse-checkout: add 'cone' mode Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-08-24  0:31   ` Elijah Newren
2019-08-20 15:11 ` [PATCH 8/9] sparse-checkout: use hashmaps for cone patterns Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-08-24  4:56   ` Elijah Newren
2019-08-20 15:11 ` [PATCH 9/9] sparse-checkout: init and add in cone mode Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-08-24  5:07   ` Elijah Newren
2019-08-21 21:52 ` [PATCH 0/9] [RFC] New sparse-checkout builtin and "cone" mode Elijah Newren
2019-08-22 13:10   ` Derrick Stolee
2019-08-22 14:25     ` Derrick Stolee
2019-08-24  5:40     ` Elijah Newren
2019-08-26 13:29       ` Derrick Stolee
2019-08-26 18:16         ` Elijah Newren [this message]
2019-08-26 19:16           ` Derrick Stolee
2019-09-02 17:55       ` Eric Sunshine
2019-09-19 14:43 ` [PATCH v2 00/11] " Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-09-19 14:43   ` [PATCH v2 01/11] sparse-checkout: create builtin with 'list' subcommand Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-10-05 19:22     ` Elijah Newren
2019-09-19 14:43   ` [PATCH v2 02/11] sparse-checkout: create 'init' subcommand Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-10-05 19:34     ` Elijah Newren
2019-09-19 14:43   ` [PATCH v2 03/11] clone: add --sparse mode Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-10-05 19:40     ` Elijah Newren
2019-10-07 13:56       ` Derrick Stolee
2019-09-19 14:43   ` [PATCH v2 05/11] sparse-checkout: add '--stdin' option to set subcommand Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-09-19 14:43   ` [PATCH v2 04/11] sparse-checkout: 'set' subcommand Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-10-05 22:44     ` Elijah Newren
2019-10-06  0:30       ` Elijah Newren
2019-10-07 18:26         ` Derrick Stolee
2019-10-11 22:24           ` Elijah Newren
2019-09-19 14:43   ` [PATCH v2 06/11] sparse-checkout: create 'disable' subcommand Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-10-06  4:10     ` Elijah Newren
2019-10-07 19:12       ` Derrick Stolee
2019-09-19 14:43   ` [PATCH v2 07/11] trace2: add region in clear_ce_flags Jeff Hostetler via GitGitGadget
2019-10-06  4:13     ` Elijah Newren
2019-09-19 14:43   ` [PATCH v2 09/11] sparse-checkout: use hashmaps for cone patterns Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-09-19 20:59     ` Derrick Stolee
2019-09-20 14:37       ` Derrick Stolee
2019-09-19 14:43   ` [PATCH v2 08/11] sparse-checkout: add 'cone' mode Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-10-06  4:22     ` Elijah Newren
2019-10-07 19:15       ` Derrick Stolee
2019-09-19 14:43   ` [PATCH v2 10/11] sparse-checkout: init and set in cone mode Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-09-19 14:43   ` [PATCH v2 11/11] unpack-trees: hash less " Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-10-01 13:40   ` [PATCH v2 00/11] New sparse-checkout builtin and "cone" mode Derrick Stolee
2019-10-01 16:54     ` Elijah Newren
2019-10-01 18:15       ` Derrick Stolee
2019-10-03 22:28     ` Junio C Hamano
2019-10-07 20:08   ` [PATCH v3 00/17] " Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-10-07 20:08     ` [PATCH v3 01/17] sparse-checkout: create builtin with 'list' subcommand Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-10-11 22:01       ` Elijah Newren
2019-10-07 20:08     ` [PATCH v3 02/17] sparse-checkout: create 'init' subcommand Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-10-11 22:14       ` Elijah Newren
2019-10-14 20:22         ` Derrick Stolee
2019-10-07 20:08     ` [PATCH v3 03/17] clone: add --sparse mode Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-10-11 22:20       ` Elijah Newren
2019-10-07 20:08     ` [PATCH v3 04/17] sparse-checkout: 'set' subcommand Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-10-11 22:26       ` Elijah Newren
2019-10-11 22:30         ` Elijah Newren
2019-10-07 20:08     ` [PATCH v3 05/17] sparse-checkout: add '--stdin' option to set subcommand Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-10-11 22:27       ` Elijah Newren
2019-10-14 20:28         ` Derrick Stolee
2019-10-07 20:08     ` [PATCH v3 06/17] sparse-checkout: create 'disable' subcommand Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-10-07 20:08     ` [PATCH v3 07/17] trace2: add region in clear_ce_flags Jeff Hostetler via GitGitGadget
2019-10-07 20:08     ` [PATCH v3 08/17] sparse-checkout: add 'cone' mode Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-10-07 20:08     ` [PATCH v3 09/17] sparse-checkout: use hashmaps for cone patterns Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-10-07 20:08     ` [PATCH v3 10/17] sparse-checkout: init and set in cone mode Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-10-07 20:08     ` [PATCH v3 11/17] unpack-trees: hash less " Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-10-07 20:08     ` [PATCH v3 12/17] unpack-trees: add progress to clear_ce_flags() Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-10-07 20:08     ` [PATCH v3 13/17] read-tree: show progress by default Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-10-12 22:16       ` Elijah Newren
2019-10-14 20:31         ` Derrick Stolee
2019-10-07 20:08     ` [PATCH v3 14/17] sparse-checkout: sanitize for nested folders Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-10-07 20:08     ` [PATCH v3 15/17] sparse-checkout: update working directory in-process Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-10-12 22:57       ` Elijah Newren
2019-10-14 20:39         ` Derrick Stolee
2019-10-07 20:08     ` [PATCH v3 16/17] sparse-checkout: write using lockfile Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-10-12 22:59       ` Elijah Newren
2019-10-14 20:41         ` Derrick Stolee
2019-10-07 20:08     ` [PATCH v3 17/17] sparse-checkout: cone mode should not interact with .gitignore Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-10-12 23:00       ` Elijah Newren
2019-10-12 23:22     ` [PATCH v3 00/17] New sparse-checkout builtin and "cone" mode Elijah Newren
2019-10-15 13:55     ` [PATCH v4 " Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-10-15 13:55       ` [PATCH v4 01/17] sparse-checkout: create builtin with 'list' subcommand Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-10-16 19:00         ` Elijah Newren
2019-10-21 12:10           ` Derrick Stolee
2019-10-18 16:07         ` SZEDER Gábor
2019-10-21 11:42           ` Derrick Stolee
2019-10-15 13:55       ` [PATCH v4 02/17] sparse-checkout: create 'init' subcommand Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-10-15 13:55       ` [PATCH v4 03/17] clone: add --sparse mode Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-10-15 13:55       ` [PATCH v4 04/17] sparse-checkout: 'set' subcommand Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-10-15 13:55       ` [PATCH v4 05/17] sparse-checkout: add '--stdin' option to set subcommand Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-10-15 13:55       ` [PATCH v4 06/17] sparse-checkout: create 'disable' subcommand Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-10-18 16:31         ` SZEDER Gábor
2019-10-15 13:55       ` [PATCH v4 07/17] trace2: add region in clear_ce_flags Jeff Hostetler via GitGitGadget
2019-10-15 13:55       ` [PATCH v4 08/17] sparse-checkout: add 'cone' mode Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-10-15 13:55       ` [PATCH v4 09/17] sparse-checkout: use hashmaps for cone patterns Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-10-18 15:31         ` SZEDER Gábor
2019-10-21 11:44           ` Derrick Stolee
2019-10-15 13:55       ` [PATCH v4 10/17] sparse-checkout: init and set in cone mode Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-10-15 13:55       ` [PATCH v4 11/17] unpack-trees: hash less " Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-10-15 13:55       ` [PATCH v4 12/17] unpack-trees: add progress to clear_ce_flags() Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-10-15 13:56       ` [PATCH v4 13/17] read-tree: show progress by default Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-10-15 13:56       ` [PATCH v4 14/17] sparse-checkout: sanitize for nested folders Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-10-15 13:56       ` [PATCH v4 15/17] sparse-checkout: update working directory in-process Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-10-18 20:24         ` SZEDER Gábor
2019-10-18 20:40           ` SZEDER Gábor
2019-10-21 11:59             ` Derrick Stolee
2019-10-15 13:56       ` [PATCH v4 16/17] sparse-checkout: write using lockfile Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-10-15 13:56       ` [PATCH v4 17/17] sparse-checkout: cone mode should not interact with .gitignore Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-10-16 20:07       ` [PATCH v4 00/17] New sparse-checkout builtin and "cone" mode Elijah Newren
2019-10-17 23:53       ` Jon Simons
2019-10-21 12:08         ` Derrick Stolee
2019-10-21 13:56       ` [PATCH v5 " Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-10-21 13:56         ` [PATCH v5 01/17] sparse-checkout: create builtin with 'list' subcommand Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-11-19 22:51           ` SZEDER Gábor
2019-10-21 13:56         ` [PATCH v5 02/17] sparse-checkout: create 'init' subcommand Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-11-19 14:33           ` SZEDER Gábor
2019-11-20 14:13             ` SZEDER Gábor
2019-11-21 11:49           ` SZEDER Gábor
2019-11-21 12:34             ` SZEDER Gábor
2019-11-21 14:28             ` Derrick Stolee
2019-11-21 15:27               ` SZEDER Gábor
2019-11-21 15:36                 ` Derrick Stolee
2019-11-21 16:37                   ` SZEDER Gábor
2019-11-21 17:01                     ` Elijah Newren
2019-11-21 17:15                       ` Derrick Stolee
2019-10-21 13:56         ` [PATCH v5 03/17] clone: add --sparse mode Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-10-21 13:56         ` [PATCH v5 04/17] sparse-checkout: 'set' subcommand Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-11-19 15:46           ` SZEDER Gábor
2019-11-21 13:04             ` Derrick Stolee
2019-11-21 13:36               ` SZEDER Gábor
2019-10-21 13:56         ` [PATCH v5 05/17] sparse-checkout: add '--stdin' option to set subcommand Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-11-21 11:21           ` SZEDER Gábor
2019-11-21 13:15             ` Derrick Stolee
2019-10-21 13:56         ` [PATCH v5 06/17] sparse-checkout: create 'disable' subcommand Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-11-19 16:15           ` SZEDER Gábor
2019-11-21 13:17             ` Derrick Stolee
2019-10-21 13:56         ` [PATCH v5 07/17] trace2: add region in clear_ce_flags Jeff Hostetler via GitGitGadget
2019-10-21 13:56         ` [PATCH v5 08/17] sparse-checkout: add 'cone' mode Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-11-19 17:36           ` SZEDER Gábor
2019-10-21 13:56         ` [PATCH v5 09/17] sparse-checkout: use hashmaps for cone patterns Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-10-21 13:56         ` [PATCH v5 10/17] sparse-checkout: init and set in cone mode Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-11-19 17:50           ` SZEDER Gábor
2019-11-21 13:45             ` Derrick Stolee
2019-10-21 13:56         ` [PATCH v5 11/17] unpack-trees: hash less " Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-10-21 13:56         ` [PATCH v5 12/17] unpack-trees: add progress to clear_ce_flags() Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-10-21 13:56         ` [PATCH v5 13/17] read-tree: show progress by default Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-10-21 15:04           ` Phillip Wood
2019-10-21 15:14             ` Derrick Stolee
2019-10-23  3:48               ` Junio C Hamano
2019-10-23 12:50                 ` Derrick Stolee
2019-10-24 10:18                   ` Phillip Wood
2019-10-24 10:18                 ` Phillip Wood
2019-10-21 13:56         ` [PATCH v5 14/17] sparse-checkout: sanitize for nested folders Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-10-21 13:56         ` [PATCH v5 15/17] sparse-checkout: update working directory in-process Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-11-19 17:07           ` SZEDER Gábor
2019-10-21 13:56         ` [PATCH v5 16/17] sparse-checkout: write using lockfile Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-10-21 13:56         ` [PATCH v5 17/17] sparse-checkout: cone mode should not interact with .gitignore Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-10-23  3:52         ` [PATCH v5 00/17] New sparse-checkout builtin and "cone" mode Junio C Hamano
2019-11-21 22:04         ` [PATCH v6 00/19] " Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-11-21 22:04           ` [PATCH v6 01/19] sparse-checkout: create builtin with 'list' subcommand Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-11-21 22:04           ` [PATCH v6 02/19] sparse-checkout: create 'init' subcommand Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-11-21 22:04           ` [PATCH v6 03/19] clone: add --sparse mode Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-11-21 22:04           ` [PATCH v6 04/19] sparse-checkout: 'set' subcommand Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-11-21 22:04           ` [PATCH v6 05/19] sparse-checkout: add '--stdin' option to set subcommand Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-11-21 22:04           ` [PATCH v6 06/19] sparse-checkout: create 'disable' subcommand Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-11-21 22:04           ` [PATCH v6 07/19] trace2: add region in clear_ce_flags Jeff Hostetler via GitGitGadget
2019-11-21 22:04           ` [PATCH v6 08/19] sparse-checkout: add 'cone' mode Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-11-21 22:04           ` [PATCH v6 09/19] sparse-checkout: use hashmaps for cone patterns Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-11-21 22:04           ` [PATCH v6 10/19] sparse-checkout: init and set in cone mode Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-11-21 22:04           ` [PATCH v6 11/19] unpack-trees: hash less " Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-11-21 22:04           ` [PATCH v6 12/19] unpack-trees: add progress to clear_ce_flags() Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-11-21 22:04           ` [PATCH v6 13/19] sparse-checkout: sanitize for nested folders Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-11-21 22:04           ` [PATCH v6 14/19] sparse-checkout: update working directory in-process Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-11-21 22:04           ` [PATCH v6 15/19] sparse-checkout: use in-process update for disable subcommand Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-11-21 22:04           ` [PATCH v6 16/19] sparse-checkout: write using lockfile Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-11-21 22:04           ` [PATCH v6 17/19] sparse-checkout: cone mode should not interact with .gitignore Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-11-21 22:04           ` [PATCH v6 18/19] sparse-checkout: update working directory in-process for 'init' Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2019-11-21 22:04           ` [PATCH v6 19/19] sparse-checkout: check for dirty status Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget

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