Stefan Beller <sbeller@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > As a user I'd prefer to be exposed to as few concepts as possible, > and adding yet another concept of sparseness is not a good thing > IMHO, so I'll try to keep it simple there. Yes, and as a user, I'd prefer if I (and all the users) do not have to even worry about the "sparse" hack. If you are using submodules, it was in its design from day one that it is not unsual for many of your submodules to be uninitialized (but still present). And that is a pretty normal state. I do not think we want to expose users to the "sparse" hack only to use submodules effectively. -- 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