Re: Sparse checkout in worktree

From: Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com>
Date: Nov 25, 2015, 20:17 UTC
Message-ID: <CACsJy8BGPk7C3d9JWjRwYrgh4OTUiiAjGzcKcRJy8+-5=x8=Pg@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <56560FAE.3000605@drmicha.warpmail.net>

On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 8:44 PM, Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> wrote:

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> Duy Nguyen venit, vidit, dixit 25.11.2015 20:38:
>> On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 1:40 PM, Michael J Gruber
>> <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> wrote:
>>> Hi there,
>>>
>>> I'm wondering how much it would take to enable worktree specific sparse
>>> checkouts. From a superfluous look:
>>>
>>> - $GIT_DIR/info/sparse_checkout needs to be worktree specific
>>
>> It already is.
>
> But where should I put the worktree specific sparse_checkout file? Is
> Documentation/technical really the only place to find information about
> this? And to make the existing tree sparse, do I need to rm -r and
> checkout sparsely?

Ahh.. worktree-specific files of the checkout "foo" stay in $GIT_DIR/repos/foo. So sparse-checkout path should be $GIT_DIR/repos/foo/info/sparse-checkout. This is another good reason to add 'git checkout --edit-sparse' that opens the sparse-checkout file for you to update. Or you could use 'git rev-parse --git-path info/sparse-checkout" to get full path.

-- 
Duy