Re: [PATCH v3 03/17] clone: add --sparse mode

On Mon, Oct 7, 2019 at 1:08 PM Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget wrote: > During the 'git sparse-checkout init' call, we must first look > to see if HEAD is valid, since 'git clone' does not have a valid > HEAD. ...does not have a valid HEAD by the time git_sparse_checkout_init() is called? > The

[PATCH v3 03/17] clone: add --sparse mode

From: Derrick Stolee When someone wants to clone a large repository, but plans to work using a sparse-checkout file, they either need to do a full checkout first and then reduce the patterns they included, or clone with --no-checkout, set up their patterns, and then run a checkout manually. This