"ZheNing Hu via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > From: ZheNing Hu <adlternative@xxxxxxxxx> > > Although we already had a `--filter=sparse:oid=<oid>` which > can used to clone a repository with limited objects which meet > filter rules in the file corresponding to the <oid> on the git > server. But it can only read filter rules which have been record > in the git server before. Was the reason why we have "we limit to an object we already have" restriction because we didn't want to blindly use a piece of uncontrolled arbigrary end-user data here? Just wondering.