From: Bagas Sanjaya Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2021 07:38:33 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 09/10] Documentation: clarify/correct a few sparsity related statements Message-ID: <84ffc06d-09a7-0180-5460-6e1460b8aaac@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: On 14/12/21 11.09, Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget wrote: > --sparse:: > - Initialize the sparse-checkout file so the working > - directory starts with only the files in the root > - of the repository. The sparse-checkout file can be > - modified to grow the working directory as needed. > + Employ a sparse-checkout, with only files in the toplevel > + directory initially being present. The > + linkgit:git-sparse-checkout[1] command can be used to grow the > + working directory as needed. > s/toplevel/top-level/ > It uses the skip-worktree bit (see linkgit:git-update-index[1]) to tell > Git whether a file in the working directory is worth looking at. If > the skip-worktree bit is set, then the file is ignored in the working > -directory. Git will not populate the contents of those files, which > +directory. Git will avoid populating the contents of those files, which > makes a sparse checkout helpful when working in a repository with many > files, but only a few are important to the current user. > Looks OK. -- An old man doll... just what I always wanted! - Clara