Subject: Re: [PATCH] [RFC] list-objects-filter: introduce new filter sparse:buffer=<spec>

From: Junio C Hamano <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2022 09:15:06 -0700

"ZheNing Hu via GitGitGadget" <[email-masked]> writes:

> From: ZheNing Hu <[email-masked]>
>
> 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.