Subject: Re: [GSOC PATCH v5 3/3] environment: remove the global variable 'sparse_expect_files_outside_of_patterns'

From: Junio C Hamano <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2025 02:21:12 -0700

Ayush Chandekar <[email-masked]> writes:

> Yes, I get your point. However, if we look at settings which are
> shifted to `struct repo_settings`, the behaviour is to set a
> fallback/default value in case of an invalid input, instead of
> throwing an error.

So the user will not be told about misconfiguration like they used
to?  Is that an acceptable way forward, I have to wonder...