From: Derrick Stolee <derrickstolee@github.com>
To: Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>,
git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Victoria Dye <vdye@github.com>,
Lessley Dennington <lessleydennington@gmail.com>,
Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/9] git-sparse-checkout.txt: add a new EXAMPLES section
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2022 09:30:39 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5c59964a-a3ce-3723-8044-16727d9d3170@github.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3265f41bcab7202991da5a7a160a85820fbff0c4.1646725188.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
On 3/8/2022 2:39 AM, Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget wrote:
> From: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
>
> Since many users like to learn from examples, provide a section in the
> manual with example commands that would be used and a brief explanation
> of what each does.
Examples are great!
> +`git sparse-checkout reapply`::
> +
> + It is possible for commands to update the working tree in a way
> + that does not respect the selected sparsity directories, either
> + because of special cases (such as hitting conflicts when
> + merging/rebasing), or because some commands didn't fully support
> + sparse checkouts (e.g. the old `recursive` merge backend had
> + only limited support). This command reapplies the existing
> + sparse directory specifications to make the working directory
> + match.
This focuses on how a Git command might cause extra data, but it
doesn't mention how other tools might create ignored files outside
of the sparse-checkout and this will clean them up. Do you want to
add that, or do you prefer focusing on just Git reasons?
Thanks,
-Stolee
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-03-08 14:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 54+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-03-08 7:39 [PATCH 0/9] sparse-checkout: make cone mode the default Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2022-03-08 7:39 ` [PATCH 1/9] tests: stop assuming --no-cone is the default mode for sparse-checkout Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2022-03-08 7:39 ` [PATCH 2/9] sparse-checkout: make --cone the default Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2022-03-08 14:26 ` Derrick Stolee
2022-03-12 2:01 ` Elijah Newren
2022-03-08 7:39 ` [PATCH 3/9] git-sparse-checkout.txt: wording updates for the cone mode default Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2022-03-08 7:39 ` [PATCH 4/9] git-sparse-checkout.txt: update docs for deprecation of 'init' Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2022-03-08 7:39 ` [PATCH 5/9] git-sparse-checkout.txt: shuffle some sections and mark as internal Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2022-03-08 7:39 ` [PATCH 6/9] git-sparse-checkout.txt: add a new EXAMPLES section Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2022-03-08 14:30 ` Derrick Stolee [this message]
2022-03-12 1:58 ` Elijah Newren
2022-03-08 7:39 ` [PATCH 7/9] git-sparse-checkout.txt: flesh out non-cone mode pattern discussion a bit Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2022-03-08 7:39 ` [PATCH 8/9] git-sparse-checkout.txt: mark non-cone mode as deprecated Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2022-03-08 7:39 ` [PATCH 9/9] Documentation: some sparsity wording clarifications Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2022-03-08 14:34 ` [PATCH 0/9] sparse-checkout: make cone mode the default Derrick Stolee
2022-03-12 3:11 ` [PATCH v2 " Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2022-03-12 3:11 ` [PATCH v2 1/9] tests: stop assuming --no-cone is the default mode for sparse-checkout Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2022-03-14 20:18 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-03-15 17:15 ` Derrick Stolee
2022-03-12 3:11 ` [PATCH v2 2/9] sparse-checkout: make --cone the default Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2022-03-14 20:34 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-04-22 2:29 ` Elijah Newren
2022-03-12 3:11 ` [PATCH v2 3/9] git-sparse-checkout.txt: wording updates for the cone mode default Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2022-03-14 20:39 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-03-12 3:11 ` [PATCH v2 4/9] git-sparse-checkout.txt: update docs for deprecation of 'init' Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2022-03-14 20:53 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-04-22 2:29 ` Elijah Newren
2022-04-22 6:09 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-03-12 3:11 ` [PATCH v2 5/9] git-sparse-checkout.txt: shuffle some sections and mark as internal Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2022-03-14 20:55 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-04-22 2:30 ` Elijah Newren
2022-03-12 3:11 ` [PATCH v2 6/9] git-sparse-checkout.txt: add a new EXAMPLES section Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2022-03-12 3:11 ` [PATCH v2 7/9] git-sparse-checkout.txt: flesh out non-cone mode pattern discussion a bit Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2022-03-14 20:57 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-04-22 2:30 ` Elijah Newren
2022-03-12 3:11 ` [PATCH v2 8/9] git-sparse-checkout.txt: mark non-cone mode as deprecated Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2022-03-14 21:13 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-04-22 2:31 ` Elijah Newren
2022-03-12 3:11 ` [PATCH v2 9/9] Documentation: some sparsity wording clarifications Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2022-03-14 15:25 ` [PATCH v2 0/9] sparse-checkout: make cone mode the default Derrick Stolee
2022-03-14 19:04 ` Victoria Dye
2022-03-14 20:12 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-03-14 23:19 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-04-22 2:32 ` [PATCH v3 " Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2022-04-22 2:32 ` [PATCH v3 1/9] tests: stop assuming --no-cone is the default mode for sparse-checkout Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2022-04-22 2:32 ` [PATCH v3 2/9] sparse-checkout: make --cone the default Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2022-04-22 2:32 ` [PATCH v3 3/9] git-sparse-checkout.txt: wording updates for the cone mode default Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2022-04-22 2:32 ` [PATCH v3 4/9] git-sparse-checkout.txt: update docs for deprecation of 'init' Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2022-04-22 2:32 ` [PATCH v3 5/9] git-sparse-checkout.txt: shuffle some sections and mark as internal Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2022-04-22 2:32 ` [PATCH v3 6/9] git-sparse-checkout.txt: add a new EXAMPLES section Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2022-04-22 2:32 ` [PATCH v3 7/9] git-sparse-checkout.txt: flesh out pattern set sections a bit Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2022-04-22 2:32 ` [PATCH v3 8/9] git-sparse-checkout.txt: mark non-cone mode as deprecated Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2022-04-22 2:32 ` [PATCH v3 9/9] Documentation: some sparsity wording clarifications Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2022-04-25 14:38 ` [PATCH v3 0/9] sparse-checkout: make cone mode the default Derrick Stolee
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