Re: [RFC PATCH 00/12] Sparse checkout

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Hi,

On Thu, 24 Jul 2008, Jakub Narebski wrote:

> I think teaching git to use index version of .git* files (.gitignore,
> .gitattributes, .gitmodules) would be much more work than adding
> default rule that .git* files in leading directories are by default
> checked out, just like leading directories are checked out.

"Teaching" Git that would also directly contradict Git's primary motto: 
"Content is king".

Oh, by some convoluted reasoning you could argue that "content" hidden 
somewhere else than the working directory is "content", but nobody in her 
right mind would buy into that.

Ciao,
Dscho
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