Package: git Version: 1:1.7.1-1 Severity: normal Despite what git-read-tree(1) says, the syntax for sparse-checkout appears to be much stricter for directories, requiring a trailing slash and no leading slash.
Here's a newly-cloned copy of git: $ git config core.sparsecheckout true $ echo 'perl' > .git/info/sparse-checkout $ git read-tree -m -u HEAD error: Sparse checkout leaves no entry on working directory $ echo '/perl' > .git/info/sparse-checkout $ git read-tree -m -u HEAD error: Sparse checkout leaves no entry on working directory $ echo '/perl/' > .git/info/sparse-checkout $ git read-tree -m -u HEAD error: Sparse checkout leaves no entry on working directory $ echo 'perl/' > .git/info/sparse-checkout $ git read-tree -m -u HEAD $ ls perl It also appears to always be anchored at the root for directories, unlike for files: $ echo 'po/' > .git/info/sparse-checkout $ git read-tree -m -u HEAD error: Sparse checkout leaves no entry on working directory $ echo 'git-gui/po/' > .git/info/sparse-checkout $ git read-tree -m -u HEAD $ ls git-gui -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.33 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages git depends on: ii libc6 2.10.2-9 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libcurl3-gnutls 7.20.1-2 Multi-protocol file transfer libra ii libdigest-sha1-perl 2.12-1 NIST SHA-1 message digest algorith ii liberror-perl 0.17-1 Perl module for error/exception ha ii libexpat1 2.0.1-7 XML parsing C library - runtime li ii perl-modules 5.10.1-12 Core Perl modules ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 compression library - runtime Versions of packages git recommends: ii less 436-1 pager program similar to more ii openssh-client [ssh-client] 1:5.5p1-4 secure shell (SSH) client, for sec ii patch 2.6-2 Apply a diff file to an original ii rsync 3.0.7-2 fast remote file copy program (lik Versions of packages git suggests: pn git-arch <none> (no description available) ii git-cvs 1:1.7.1-1 fast, scalable, distributed revisi pn git-daemon-run <none> (no description available) pn git-doc <none> (no description available) ii git-email 1:1.7.1-1 fast, scalable, distributed revisi pn git-gui <none> (no description available) ii git-svn 1:1.7.1-1 fast, scalable, distributed revisi ii gitk 1:1.7.1-1 fast, scalable, distributed revisi pn gitweb <none> (no description available) -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
