Re: Creating sparse checkout in a new linked git worktree

From: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Date: Jan 28, 2018, 07:25 UTC
Message-ID: <CAPig+cSP0UiEBXSCi7Ua099eOdpMk8R=JtAjPuUavRF4z0R0Vg@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <54fd6a226955dc427bb25d5be37b4b0a.squirrel@mail.jessiehernandez.com>

On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 11:11 AM, Jessie Hernandez <git@jessiehernandez.com> wrote:

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> 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
> * <add the directory I would like to checkout out to
> $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/<id>/info/sparse-checkout instead (where <id> is "new-branch" in your example).