Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > The upsides are that > ... > - down the line, it should make operations like "fetch just this one > tree" a little simpler, since you can use > > filter blob:none > filter tree:none > want <this tree> ;-) I think this example, especially without the first line, would have a practical use, i.e. "grab the contents of this directory without recursing", and as such is a very convincing argument to support the approach taken by the solution presented here. > .... So I'm comfortable with the direction > this series goes in, though I haven't looked at the patches in detail. Likewise. Thanks.