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From: ZheNing Hu <adlternative@gmail.com>
To: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
Cc: Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>,
	git@vger.kernel.org, Victoria Dye <vdye@github.com>,
	Derrick Stolee <derrickstolee@github.com>,
	Shaoxuan Yuan <shaoxuan.yuan02@gmail.com>,
	Matheus Tavares <matheus.bernardino@usp.br>,
	Glen Choo <chooglen@google.com>,
	Martin von Zweigbergk <martinvonz@google.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] sparse-checkout.txt: new document with sparse-checkout directions
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2022 18:10:49 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAOLTT8QPPJ-pPvr9r3nJQgBg_7xCp5Ys=dd9nhi6fhgW6gYLow@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAOLTT8QOr-zTHBPLx5jibzQ6Co8a3VApgLEGRu0b+ht-VJh0nw@mail.gmail.com>

ZheNing Hu <adlternative@gmail.com> 于2022年11月16日周三 18:04写道:
>
> Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com> 于2022年11月16日周三 13:49写道:
> >
> > Perhaps it's worth noting why I think the sparse specification should
> > be extended when dealing with the index:
> >
> >   * "mergy" commands (merge, rebase, cherry-pick, am, revert) can
> > modify the index outside the sparsity patterns, without creating a
> > commit.
> >   * `git commit` (or `rebase --continue`, or whatever) will create a
> > commit from whatever staged versions of files there are
> >   => `git status` should show what is about to be committed
> >   => `git diff --cached --name-only` ought to be usable to show what
> > is to be committed
> >   => `git grep --cached ...` ought to be usable to search through what
> > is about to be committed
> >
> > See also https://lore.kernel.org/git/CABPp-BESkb=04vVnqTvZyeCa+7cymX7rosUW3rhtA02khMJKHA@mail.gmail.com/
> > (starting with the paragraph with "leery" in it), and the thread
> > starting there.  If the sparse specification is not expanded, users
> > will get some nasty surprises, and the only other alternative I can
> > think of to avoid such surprises would be making several commands
> > always run full tree.  Running full-tree with a non-default option to
> > run sparse forces behavior A folks into a "pick your poison"
> > situation, which is not nice.  Extending the sparse specification to
> > include files whose index entries do not match HEAD for index-related
> > operations provides the nice middle ground that avoids such usability
> > problems while also allowing users to avoid operating on a full tree.
> >
>
> I can understand the reason why we need to extend sparse specification:
> index often needs to handle files that are not in the sparse pattern.
>

I might have one more question: when we use "git diff -cached HEAD~",
what is the best way to check if an index entry is the same as HEAD here?
Do we need to run "git diff --cached HEAD <file>" again?

  reply	other threads:[~2022-11-16 10:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 46+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-09-25  0:09 [PATCH] sparse-checkout.txt: new document with sparse-checkout directions Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2022-09-26 17:20 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-09-26 17:38 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-09-27  3:05   ` Elijah Newren
2022-09-27  4:30     ` Junio C Hamano
2022-09-26 20:08 ` Victoria Dye
2022-09-26 22:36   ` Junio C Hamano
2022-09-27  7:30     ` Elijah Newren
2022-09-27 16:07       ` Junio C Hamano
2022-09-28  6:13         ` Elijah Newren
2022-09-27  6:09   ` Elijah Newren
2022-09-27 16:42   ` Derrick Stolee
2022-09-28  5:42     ` Elijah Newren
2022-09-27 15:43 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-09-28  7:49   ` Elijah Newren
2022-09-27 16:36 ` Derrick Stolee
2022-09-28  5:38   ` Elijah Newren
2022-09-28 13:22     ` Derrick Stolee
2022-10-06  7:10       ` Elijah Newren
2022-10-06 18:27         ` Derrick Stolee
2022-10-07  2:56           ` Elijah Newren
2022-09-30  9:54     ` ZheNing Hu
2022-10-06  7:53       ` Elijah Newren
2022-10-15  2:17         ` ZheNing Hu
2022-10-15  4:37           ` Elijah Newren
2022-10-15 14:49             ` ZheNing Hu
2022-09-30  9:09   ` ZheNing Hu
2022-09-28  8:32 ` [PATCH v2] " Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2022-10-08 22:52   ` [PATCH v3] " Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2022-11-06  6:04     ` [PATCH v4] " Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2022-11-07 20:44       ` Derrick Stolee
2022-11-16  4:39         ` Elijah Newren
2022-11-15  4:03       ` ZheNing Hu
2022-11-16  3:18         ` ZheNing Hu
2022-11-16  6:51           ` Elijah Newren
2022-11-16  5:49         ` Elijah Newren
2022-11-16 10:04           ` ZheNing Hu
2022-11-16 10:10             ` ZheNing Hu [this message]
2022-11-16 14:33               ` ZheNing Hu
2022-11-19  2:36                 ` Elijah Newren
2022-11-19  2:15             ` Elijah Newren
2022-11-23  9:08               ` ZheNing Hu
2023-01-14 10:18           ` ZheNing Hu
2023-01-20  4:30             ` Elijah Newren
2023-01-23 15:05               ` ZheNing Hu
2023-01-24  3:17                 ` Elijah Newren

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