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From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
To: Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, me@ttaylorr.com, jonathantanmy@google.com,
	christian.couder@gmail.com, git@jeffhostetler.com,
	Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] clone: document --filter options
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2020 22:17:54 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200324051754.GA13508@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <pull.586.v2.git.1584906606469.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

Derrick Stolee wrote:

> It turns out that the "--filter=<filter-spec>" option is not
> documented anywhere in the "git clone" page, and instead is
> detailed carefully in "git rev-list" where it serves a
> different purpose.
>
> Add a small bit about this option in the documentation.
[...]
>  Documentation/git-clone.txt | 13 ++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Reviewed-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>

Thanks.

>                                                         It
> would be worth some time to create a subsection in the "git clone"
> documentation about partial clone as a concept and how it can be
> a surprising experience. For example, "git checkout" will likely
> trigger a pack download.

I think that belongs in its own git-partial-clone(7) page.

Thanks,
Jonathan

      parent reply	other threads:[~2020-03-24  5:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-03-19 17:28 [PATCH 0/2] Slightly simplify partial clone user experience Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-03-19 17:28 ` [PATCH 1/2] partial-clone: set default filter with --partial Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-03-20 20:26   ` Junio C Hamano
2020-03-20 20:38     ` Derrick Stolee
2020-03-22  9:46       ` Jeff King
2020-03-19 17:28 ` [PATCH 2/2] clone: document --partial and --filter options Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-03-20 12:27 ` [PATCH 0/2] Slightly simplify partial clone user experience Derrick Stolee
2020-03-22  9:51 ` Jeff King
2020-03-22 10:58   ` Christian Couder
2020-03-22 16:45     ` Derrick Stolee
2020-03-22 19:22       ` Jeff King
2020-03-22 16:03 ` Taylor Blau
2020-03-22 19:50 ` [PATCH v2] clone: document --filter options Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-03-24  3:40   ` Jeff King
2020-03-24  5:17   ` Jonathan Nieder [this message]

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