From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1497FC433F5 for ; Sat, 4 Dec 2021 20:00:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1378534AbhLDUD6 (ORCPT ); Sat, 4 Dec 2021 15:03:58 -0500 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:50014 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1355813AbhLDUDx (ORCPT ); Sat, 4 Dec 2021 15:03:53 -0500 Received: from mail-wr1-x431.google.com (mail-wr1-x431.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::431]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 70598C0611F7 for ; Sat, 4 Dec 2021 12:00:27 -0800 (PST) Received: by mail-wr1-x431.google.com with SMTP id i5so13385426wrb.2 for ; Sat, 04 Dec 2021 12:00:27 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20210112; h=message-id:in-reply-to:references:from:date:subject:fcc :content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:to:cc; bh=zJiKSk3jn17B2YS9f23vblDHHajI/cQ+P5TWEQ6r3a0=; b=iSQT1YQ+SFeg6gJ8j1UTenPu4e1wPaRDrrZewdCnE/sbzSa5txtDT9cICA/QAfx5iy vYd+YuoSQCxl1p0PEkoW5WdWUJFrjVnr1zUYYpujZ0UhL7+trWkpZacAXBXfrk1vG1Bp 77TDHYGKuw6F9BIYtPLfz7A3AvF8TTGAjPDQdf9g8P+VqgSY66qciDgpGCppJaSTnGUn syA9YkDdAg9GLhkYJ5f2G7+x+NhraZgDJQeb4/rljUXLPxLCtnm/JUvKygVgpLpXT9/O 3ZRMqpyIsmrjDbCr0RF/Yms+tFU6n3vmRIrDXEKZ6GEmJjNiSbnMkAnJkNs9ePwpb6YF 8S6A== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:message-id:in-reply-to:references:from:date :subject:fcc:content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:to:cc; bh=zJiKSk3jn17B2YS9f23vblDHHajI/cQ+P5TWEQ6r3a0=; b=DAJ6AUiHTEfac8jmryF3+awmRgNk6uoWM0pbmWtMwIILG4u62TtCAW7x/0dUqf+pKM IBeSJH4yGSpZJVUTj/yX2IpEhMgkOSffRoubUn9hcd9u/GiA2zvFYJ00VFZBy1P4tElI QKNhlY39LVamU1TFX2K3Q2Wha8KwU9dqmeeBq76ROOcrkemBHpwrQU29jLXOFTsEL91R Y/QsaXCuoER81q88JUKenMRo/Jg/KEJRQq9L7sc4oytQIPr3lF7keBXw6TrpPocfeEXj jwq3vCftmb8K3SVJDoXuSCOzTypCofCZYysK82II3xgDQaVYJu/ppfs2r+S8o3qfWYhW FSEg== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM533C70lJS4vZNlPDN0D8xpNR3ZE0ejzOhnIzjYt5WWh6dhHcmX97 GdPbpN3gviVCG+nvIo/3jh+R+R6M73E= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJyegG/GpiGV1StQnHKs0aNcIOUihcCAFMxU7ynN+ox2EBXu/iZO0DrEn7/QTdyrDkGDVAPldA== X-Received: by 2002:a5d:4d51:: with SMTP id a17mr29581301wru.384.1638648025877; Sat, 04 Dec 2021 12:00:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from [127.0.0.1] ([13.74.141.28]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id e7sm8629291wrg.31.2021.12.04.12.00.25 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Sat, 04 Dec 2021 12:00:25 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <9d455f1fb518140dc98430dde7561cbf36642322.1638648020.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: References: From: "Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget" Date: Sat, 04 Dec 2021 20:00:19 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 5/6] Documentation: clarify/correct a few sparsity related statements Fcc: Sent Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 To: git@vger.kernel.org Cc: Derrick Stolee , Lessley Dennington , Victoria Dye , Elijah Newren , Elijah Newren Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org From: Elijah Newren Signed-off-by: Elijah Newren --- 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=:: 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