From: "Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com>,
Lessley Dennington <lessleydennington@gmail.com>,
Victoria Dye <vdye@github.com>, Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>,
Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH 5/6] Documentation: clarify/correct a few sparsity related statements
Date: Sat, 04 Dec 2021 20:00:19 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <9d455f1fb518140dc98430dde7561cbf36642322.1638648020.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <pull.1151.git.git.1638648020.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
From: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
---
Documentation/git-clone.txt | 8 ++++----
Documentation/git-sparse-checkout.txt | 2 +-
2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
index 3fe3810f1ce..b348a71fc68 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
@@ -167,10 +167,10 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository.
configuration variables are created.
--sparse::
- Initialize the sparse-checkout file so the working
- directory starts with only the files in the root
- of the repository. The sparse-checkout file can be
- modified to grow the working directory as needed.
+ Employ a sparse-checkout, with only files in the toplevel
+ directory initially being present. The
+ linkgit:git-sparse-checkout[1] command can be used to grow the
+ working directory as needed.
--filter=<filter-spec>::
Use the partial clone feature and request that the server sends
diff --git a/Documentation/git-sparse-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-sparse-checkout.txt
index d22c925ecf8..73e7645b77a 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-sparse-checkout.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-sparse-checkout.txt
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ SPARSE CHECKOUT
It uses the skip-worktree bit (see linkgit:git-update-index[1]) to tell
Git whether a file in the working directory is worth looking at. If
the skip-worktree bit is set, then the file is ignored in the working
-directory. Git will not populate the contents of those files, which
+directory. Git will avoid populating the contents of those files, which
makes a sparse checkout helpful when working in a repository with many
files, but only a few are important to the current user.
--
gitgitgadget
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-12-04 20:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 63+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-12-04 20:00 [PATCH 0/6] sparse-checkout: make set subsume init Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2021-12-04 20:00 ` [PATCH 1/6] sparse-checkout: pass use_stdin as a parameter instead of as a global Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2021-12-04 20:00 ` [PATCH 2/6] sparse-checkout: break apart functions for sparse_checkout_(set|add) Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2021-12-04 20:00 ` [PATCH 3/6] sparse-checkout: enable `set` to initialize sparse-checkout mode Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2021-12-04 21:40 ` Victoria Dye
2021-12-07 17:04 ` Elijah Newren
2021-12-07 20:36 ` Lessley Dennington
2021-12-07 16:42 ` Derrick Stolee
2021-12-07 18:18 ` Elijah Newren
2021-12-04 20:00 ` [PATCH 4/6] git-sparse-checkout.txt: update to document that set handles init Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2021-12-04 21:48 ` Victoria Dye
2021-12-07 16:45 ` Derrick Stolee
2021-12-07 17:06 ` Elijah Newren
2021-12-07 20:42 ` Lessley Dennington
2021-12-07 21:13 ` Elijah Newren
2021-12-07 22:36 ` Lessley Dennington
2021-12-04 20:00 ` Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget [this message]
2021-12-04 20:00 ` [PATCH 6/6] clone: avoid using deprecated `sparse-checkout init` Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2021-12-07 16:48 ` [PATCH 0/6] sparse-checkout: make set subsume init Derrick Stolee
2021-12-07 20:20 ` [PATCH v2 00/10] " Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2021-12-07 20:20 ` [PATCH v2 01/10] sparse-checkout: pass use_stdin as a parameter instead of as a global Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2021-12-07 20:20 ` [PATCH v2 02/10] sparse-checkout: break apart functions for sparse_checkout_(set|add) Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2021-12-07 20:20 ` [PATCH v2 03/10] sparse-checkout: add sanity-checks on initial sparsity state Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2021-12-07 20:20 ` [PATCH v2 04/10] sparse-checkout: disallow --no-stdin as an argument to set Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2021-12-07 20:20 ` [PATCH v2 05/10] sparse-checkout: split out code for tweaking settings config Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2021-12-07 20:20 ` [PATCH v2 06/10] sparse-checkout: enable `set` to initialize sparse-checkout mode Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2021-12-07 20:20 ` [PATCH v2 07/10] sparse-checkout: enable reapply to take --[no-]{cone,sparse-index} Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2021-12-07 20:20 ` [PATCH v2 08/10] git-sparse-checkout.txt: update to document init/set/reapply changes Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2021-12-07 20:20 ` [PATCH v2 09/10] Documentation: clarify/correct a few sparsity related statements Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2021-12-07 20:20 ` [PATCH v2 10/10] clone: avoid using deprecated `sparse-checkout init` Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2021-12-07 21:05 ` [PATCH v2 00/10] sparse-checkout: make set subsume init Derrick Stolee
2021-12-08 14:16 ` Victoria Dye
2021-12-10 3:56 ` [PATCH v3 " Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2021-12-10 3:56 ` [PATCH v3 01/10] sparse-checkout: pass use_stdin as a parameter instead of as a global Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2021-12-10 3:56 ` [PATCH v3 02/10] sparse-checkout: break apart functions for sparse_checkout_(set|add) Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2021-12-10 3:56 ` [PATCH v3 03/10] sparse-checkout: add sanity-checks on initial sparsity state Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2021-12-13 18:11 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-12-14 2:25 ` Elijah Newren
2021-12-10 3:56 ` [PATCH v3 04/10] sparse-checkout: disallow --no-stdin as an argument to set Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2021-12-10 3:56 ` [PATCH v3 05/10] sparse-checkout: split out code for tweaking settings config Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2021-12-10 3:56 ` [PATCH v3 06/10] sparse-checkout: enable `set` to initialize sparse-checkout mode Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2021-12-10 3:56 ` [PATCH v3 07/10] sparse-checkout: enable reapply to take --[no-]{cone,sparse-index} Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2021-12-13 18:23 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-12-14 2:39 ` Elijah Newren
2021-12-10 3:56 ` [PATCH v3 08/10] git-sparse-checkout.txt: update to document init/set/reapply changes Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2021-12-10 3:56 ` [PATCH v3 09/10] Documentation: clarify/correct a few sparsity related statements Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2021-12-10 3:56 ` [PATCH v3 10/10] clone: avoid using deprecated `sparse-checkout init` Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2021-12-14 4:09 ` [PATCH v4 00/10] sparse-checkout: make set subsume init Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2021-12-14 4:09 ` [PATCH v4 01/10] sparse-checkout: pass use_stdin as a parameter instead of as a global Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2021-12-14 4:09 ` [PATCH v4 02/10] sparse-checkout: break apart functions for sparse_checkout_(set|add) Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2021-12-14 4:09 ` [PATCH v4 03/10] sparse-checkout: add sanity-checks on initial sparsity state Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2021-12-14 4:09 ` [PATCH v4 04/10] sparse-checkout: disallow --no-stdin as an argument to set Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2021-12-14 4:09 ` [PATCH v4 05/10] sparse-checkout: split out code for tweaking settings config Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2021-12-14 4:09 ` [PATCH v4 06/10] sparse-checkout: enable `set` to initialize sparse-checkout mode Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2021-12-14 4:09 ` [PATCH v4 07/10] sparse-checkout: enable reapply to take --[no-]{cone,sparse-index} Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2021-12-23 0:47 ` Jiang Xin
2021-12-23 17:09 ` Elijah Newren
2021-12-23 19:09 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-12-14 4:09 ` [PATCH v4 08/10] git-sparse-checkout.txt: update to document init/set/reapply changes Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2021-12-14 4:09 ` [PATCH v4 09/10] Documentation: clarify/correct a few sparsity related statements Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2021-12-14 7:38 ` Bagas Sanjaya
2021-12-14 7:48 ` Elijah Newren
2021-12-14 4:09 ` [PATCH v4 10/10] clone: avoid using deprecated `sparse-checkout init` Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
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