Re: What's cooking in git.git (Oct 2009, #04; Wed, 21)

[Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 3:46 PM, Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com> wrote:
> Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
>> * nd/sparse (2009-08-20) 19 commits.
>>  - sparse checkout: inhibit empty worktree
>>  - Add tests for sparse checkout
>>  - read-tree: add --no-sparse-checkout to disable sparse checkout support
>>  - unpack-trees(): ignore worktree check outside checkout area
>>  - unpack_trees(): apply $GIT_DIR/info/sparse-checkout to the final index
>>  - unpack-trees(): "enable" sparse checkout and load $GIT_DIR/info/sparse-checkout
>>  - unpack-trees.c: generalize verify_* functions
>>  - unpack-trees(): add CE_WT_REMOVE to remove on worktree alone
>>  - Introduce "sparse checkout"
>>  - dir.c: export excluded_1() and add_excludes_from_file_1()
>>  - excluded_1(): support exclude files in index
>>  - unpack-trees(): carry skip-worktree bit over in merged_entry()
>>  - Read .gitignore from index if it is skip-worktree
>>  - Avoid writing to buffer in add_excludes_from_file_1()
>>  - Teach Git to respect skip-worktree bit (writing part)
>>  - Teach Git to respect skip-worktree bit (reading part)
>>  - Introduce "skip-worktree" bit in index, teach Git to get/set this bit
>>  - Add test-index-version
>>  - update-index: refactor mark_valid() in preparation for new options
>
> Hmmm... what is happening with that series?

Junio concerned about CE_MATCH_IGNORE_VALID being used by both
assume-unchanged and skip-worktree bits, which I did not resolve yet.
I should really get back to the series when I have time.
-- 
Duy