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From: "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Cc: cbergstrom@×××××××××.com
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] git-r3: initial draft for review
Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2013 07:27:25
Message-Id: 20130831091923.212676f6@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] git-r3: initial draft for review by "C. Bergström"
1 Dnia 2013-08-31, o godz. 06:55:01
2 "C. Bergström" <cbergstrom@×××××××××.com> napisał(a):
3
4 > Do you have any plans to add support for sparse checkout?
5 >
6 > Something like this
7 >
8 > |cd <parentdir>
9 > git clone -n <url>
10 > cd <repo_dir>
11 > git remote add –f <name> <url>
12 > git config core.sparsecheckout true
13 > echo /<foldername>/ >> .git/info/sparse-checkout
14 > git checkout <tagname>
15
16 Considering our specific work flow, I think it would be enough to do:
17
18 git checkout <branch> [<dir1> <dir2> ...]
19
20 Depending on the need for it, I can either add it as optional arguments
21 to git_checkout or an envvar for it.
22
23
24 > --------
25 > What about subtrees?
26
27 Looking at their specific design, don't they work out-of-the-box?
28
29 --
30 Best regards,
31 Michał Górny

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