sparse: accept sparse checkout patterns from stdin - #9932
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Git has a facility where you can feed replacement sparse patterns into sparse-checkout from stdin so you can get the sparse patterns in from an external process. It'd be nice to have that same facility in JJ.
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Git has this thing here you can feed replacement sparse patterns into
sparse-checkoutfrom stdin so you can get the sparse patterns in from an external process. It'd be nice to have that same facility in JJ.Checklist
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