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From:   Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To:     Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] sparse-checkout: stop blocking empty workdirs
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Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com> writes:

>> Remove the error condition when updating the sparse-checkout leaves
>> an empty working directory.
>>
>> This behavior was added in 9e1afb167 (sparse checkout: inhibit empty
>> worktree, 2009-08-20). The comment was added in a7bc906f2 (Add
>> explanation why we do not allow to sparse checkout to empty working
>> tree, 2011-09-22) in response to a "dubious" comment in 84563a624
>> (unpack-trees.c: cosmetic fix, 2010-12-22).
> ...
>
> Patch looks good to me.

Thanks, both.