On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 8:03 AM, Joshua Jensen <jjensen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Sometime after Git 1.7.3.2, sparse checkouts stopped working for me. My > sparse-checkout file looks something like: > > * > !DirA/ > !DirB/ > DirC/ > > I have restored some lines of code that were removed in November 2010. This > resolves the sparse checkout issue for me, but my guess is the solution is > not implemented properly. > > Can anyone confirm the issue Confirmed. It got me wonder why the negated pattern tests did not catch this. Turns out this works: /* !DirA/ !DirB/ DirC This is my theory why yours does not work: negated patterns !DirA and !DirB excludes both directories, but git still descends in them because you may have other patterns that re-include parts of DirA/DirB, for example: DirA/DirD !DirA When it's in DirA/DirB, "*" tells git to match everything (equivalent "DirA/*" and "DirB/*"), so it matches all entries in DirA/DirB again, essentially reverting "!DirA" and "!DirB" effects. By using "/*" instead of "*", we tell git to just match entries at top level, not all levels. I think it makes sense, but it's a bit tricky. > and describe why those lines were removed? Quotes from 9e08273: "The commit provided a workaround for matching directories in index. But it is no longer needed." -- Duy -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html