Re: [PATCH] checkout: add --sparse for restoring files in sparse checkout mode

["Kirill Müller" <kirill.mueller@ivt.baug.ethz.ch>]

Hi

On 03/24/2013 07:17 PM, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy wrote:
>
>> --- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
>> +++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
>> @@ -180,6 +180,13 @@ branch by running "git rm -rf ." from the top level of the working tree.
>>   Afterwards you will be ready to prepare your new files, repopulating the
>>   working tree, by copying them from elsewhere, extracting a tarball, etc.
>>
>> +
>> +--sparse::
>> +	In sparse checkout mode, `git checkout -- <paths>` would
>> +	update all entries matched by <paths> regardless sparse
>> +	patterns. This option only updates entries matched by <paths>
>> +	and sparse patterns.
> Hm, should this be the default?
>
> In principle, I would expect
>
> 	git checkout -- .
>
> to make the worktree match the index, respecting the sparse checkout.
> And something like
>
> 	git checkout --widen -- .
>
> to change the sparse checkout pattern.  But of course it is easily
> possible that I am missing some details of how sparse checkout is
> used in practice.
>
> What do you think?
Thank you for your opinion. I'd second that. When I do a sparse 
checkout, I want to see only the directories I have included and not 
excluded, unless I explicitly change that.


-Kirill