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 D0DFCC433FE for ; Tue, 14 Dec 2021 04:09:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S233828AbhLNEJa (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Dec 2021 23:09:30 -0500 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:60960 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S233873AbhLNEJU (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Dec 2021 23:09:20 -0500 Received: from mail-wr1-x42a.google.com (mail-wr1-x42a.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::42a]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 57BEEC061751 for ; Mon, 13 Dec 2021 20:09:20 -0800 (PST) Received: by mail-wr1-x42a.google.com with SMTP id v11so30257969wrw.10 for ; Mon, 13 Dec 2021 20:09:20 -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=5VRL/COZrrE2C/RlI8KN2PlRId4Ot6isrchZ2ZL3zR4=; b=Tec4P6crLpoCWrzas2AqGWbRcBcY6NEQl3+XH40RZumD8V2Tf/KejcBX7fZ46QmE2z nj14E3H7J9MkN4lzdJObvboBsoCcGD68BABwFqHEuV7z4sHDwwwgP+dWeyVbtyEQD57w BXlH+g61RcJHcGk+HDLqzqcmkIzXKDTJQZggj5jGPzoht4GUV1k5yc6PVdt23afZxNB0 gqxK6Dpx21PxwO5GxGKwBvWwE+a4hfIVc+yQyBL9IVN9QI40bBvvf41u7/wZUkM+5C2J 50d4cLEHE+TnJ58+1dPaapXjlrwxwgtzyI3s763oKhcE7fYM5QH+mKdp93HXQeDJt6/M EKSA== 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=5VRL/COZrrE2C/RlI8KN2PlRId4Ot6isrchZ2ZL3zR4=; b=mIiS//ACGyH6nNAg6uWcEmOBKT2DdjL2ypFcs240FyOLwimknlNMwuGKZ2uSlhkPk6 DtSyFBElcI1PKtj1z+Ifdc6Kg9JQzz9Jr9LG0gNVCnOJ5xjhov9VnRvoSm1Bhara8ymc b/7PVH5SsKlQXwzFVTvlOr2GNRctZJvbD4RZ3I22aHhi/QUjpv3q24lSA5uY9V8U+9HH y6RCDPWs4fAxG5GFlT3PsGycYZBWAlIdZHRXwvTqxuaY8QnhXrseQGpnZMu6gPaTW/Bc S1JebOY6mW1dT+dWuN4miZ3ZArdwFFMYsZ3OGq2cmBc9oOkO3becZH0yoTWKXl4BDCjp HwDw== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM5302wQZpSL5GSPRyxgKcyAlXFjpzEhQeXPcFU2Uzucjw1L0ougv8 ahdJYnocFJAUbyXo9/YB7aWCn9SJ6Bc= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJxZk7ePP+qwG6UTpStOYlUtbRVeY1Hb93TPp2uL1XBn5ZWCjGwulT7OroFLRU+4x/diIMNPVQ== X-Received: by 2002:a5d:4901:: with SMTP id x1mr2915423wrq.473.1639454958776; Mon, 13 Dec 2021 20:09:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from [127.0.0.1] ([13.74.141.28]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id w8sm10112725wre.106.2021.12.13.20.09.18 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Mon, 13 Dec 2021 20:09:18 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: In-Reply-To: References: From: "Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget" Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2021 04:09:11 +0000 Subject: [PATCH v4 09/10] 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 , Elijah Newren Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org From: Elijah Newren Reviewed-by: Derrick Stolee Reviewed-by: Victoria Dye 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 72fcb6b2acc..9a4b43c105b 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-sparse-checkout.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-sparse-checkout.txt @@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ 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