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From: "Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Victoria Dye <vdye@github.com>,
	Lessley Dennington <lessleydennington@gmail.com>,
	Derrick Stolee <derrickstolee@github.com>,
	Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>,
	Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH 9/9] Documentation: some sparsity wording clarifications
Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2022 07:39:48 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <e7d3ff70914e1ba4622c2cb6cd30453089e5a53f.1646725188.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <pull.1148.git.1646725188.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

From: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>

Improve the wording for a couple paragraphs in two different manuals
relating to sparse behavior.

Reported-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/git-read-tree.txt       |  9 +++++----
 Documentation/git-sparse-checkout.txt | 10 +++++-----
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt
index 99bb387134d..cbafb1aed49 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt
@@ -375,10 +375,11 @@ have finished your work-in-progress), attempt the merge again.
 SPARSE CHECKOUT
 ---------------
 
-Note: The `update-index` and `read-tree` primitives for supporting the
-skip-worktree bit predated the introduction of
-linkgit:git-sparse-checkout[1].  Users are encouraged to use
-`sparse-checkout` in preference to these low-level primitives.
+Note: The skip-worktree capabilities in linkgit:git-update-index[1]
+and `read-tree` predated the introduction of
+linkgit:git-sparse-checkout[1].  Users are encouraged to use the
+`sparse-checkout` command in preference to these plumbing commands for
+sparse-checkout/skip-worktree related needs.
 
 "Sparse checkout" allows populating the working directory sparsely.
 It uses the skip-worktree bit (see linkgit:git-update-index[1]) to
diff --git a/Documentation/git-sparse-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-sparse-checkout.txt
index 11792187224..06f23660f63 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-sparse-checkout.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-sparse-checkout.txt
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ SYNOPSIS
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
 
-This command is used to create sparse checkouts, which means that it
-changes the working tree from having all tracked files present, to only
-have a subset of them.  It can also switch which subset of files are
-present, or undo and go back to having all tracked files present in the
-working copy.
+This command is used to create sparse checkouts, which change the
+working tree from having all tracked files present to only having a
+subset of those files.  It can also switch which subset of files are
+present, or undo and go back to having all tracked files present in
+the working copy.
 
 The subset of files is chosen by providing a list of directories in
 cone mode (the default), or by providing a list of patterns in
-- 
gitgitgadget

  parent reply	other threads:[~2022-03-08  7:40 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
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 ` Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget [this message]
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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