"Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > == Updates Log == > > Changes since v1: > > * rebased on master, to remove dependence on en/present-despite-skipped > (which has since merged to master). Earlier version of series wasn't > picked up anyway, so rebasing should be safe. > * Wording and code style tweaks suggested by Stolee in his review > > == Overview == > > This patch changes the default mode for sparse-checkout from non-cone mode > to cone-mode, and marks non-cone mode as deprecated. There is no plan to > remove non-cone mode, we are merely recommending against its use. Hopefully there are some convincing explanation to help users understand why the cone mode is recommended in the documentation in these patches. Was there a discussion on list to give our unanimous support for this plan, or is this only preference by a developer or two who have worked on the sparse-checkout code recently?
