Merge branch 'ds/sparse-cone'

Management of sparsely checked-out working tree has gained a
dedicated "sparse-checkout" command.

* ds/sparse-cone: (21 commits)
  sparse-checkout: improve OS ls compatibility
  sparse-checkout: respect core.ignoreCase in cone mode
  sparse-checkout: check for dirty status
  sparse-checkout: update working directory in-process for 'init'
  sparse-checkout: cone mode should not interact with .gitignore
  sparse-checkout: write using lockfile
  sparse-checkout: use in-process update for disable subcommand
  sparse-checkout: update working directory in-process
  sparse-checkout: sanitize for nested folders
  unpack-trees: add progress to clear_ce_flags()
  unpack-trees: hash less in cone mode
  sparse-checkout: init and set in cone mode
  sparse-checkout: use hashmaps for cone patterns
  sparse-checkout: add 'cone' mode
  trace2: add region in clear_ce_flags
  sparse-checkout: create 'disable' subcommand
  sparse-checkout: add '--stdin' option to set subcommand
  sparse-checkout: 'set' subcommand
  clone: add --sparse mode
  sparse-checkout: create 'init' subcommand
  ...

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/config/core.txt b/Documentation/config/core.txt
index ad4fa4d..9e440b1 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/core.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/core.txt
@@ -599,8 +599,14 @@ core.multiPackIndex::
 	multi-pack-index design document].
 
 core.sparseCheckout::
-	Enable "sparse checkout" feature. See section "Sparse checkout" in
-	linkgit:git-read-tree[1] for more information.
+	Enable "sparse checkout" feature. See linkgit:git-sparse-checkout[1]
+	for more information.
+
+core.sparseCheckoutCone::
+	Enables the "cone mode" of the sparse checkout feature. When the
+	sparse-checkout file contains a limited set of patterns, then this
+	mode provides significant performance advantages. See
+	linkgit:git-sparse-checkout[1] for more information.
 
 core.abbrev::
 	Set the length object names are abbreviated to.  If