From: Jessie Hernandez Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2018 14:25:04 GMT Subject: Re: Creating sparse checkout in a new linked git worktree Message-ID: <615c04025165d0dff9d6e6b66bf11a41.squirrel@mail.jessiehernandez.com> > On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 11:11 AM, Jessie Hernandez > wrote: >> I am trying to get a sparse checkout in a linked worktree but cannot get >> it working. I have tried the following >> * git worktree add /some/new/path/new-branch --no-checkout >> * git config core.sparseCheckout true >> * > $GIT_DIR/info/sparse-checkout> >> * cd /some/new/path/new-branch >> * git read-tree -mu sparse-checkout >> But I still end up with a fully populated worktree. >> Is there something I am missing or doing wrong? > The sparse-checkout file is specific to each worktree, which allows you to control "sparsity" on a worktree by worktree basis. Therefore, you should create $GIT_DIR/worktrees//info/sparse-checkout instead (where is "new-branch" in your example). Right this seems to work indeed. Thank you. Would it help if this was added to the documentation of git-read-tree Regards, Jessie