From: Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2025 01:34:12 GMT Subject: [PATCH v2 6/8] sparse-index: point users to new 'clean' action Message-ID: In-Reply-To: From: Derrick Stolee In my experience, the most-common reason that the sparse index must expand to a full one is because there is some leftover file in a tracked directory that is now outside of the sparse-checkout. The new 'git sparse-checkout clean' command will find and delete these directories, so point users to it when they hit the sparse index expansion advice. Signed-off-by: Derrick Stolee --- sparse-index.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/sparse-index.c b/sparse-index.c index ff33b8516b9f..cbf2bf618c37 100644 --- a/sparse-index.c +++ b/sparse-index.c @@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ int give_advice_on_expansion = 1; "Your working directory likely has contents that are outside of\n" \ "your sparse-checkout patterns. Use 'git sparse-checkout list' to\n" \ "see your sparse-checkout definition and compare it to your working\n" \ - "directory contents. Running 'git clean' may assist in this cleanup." + "directory contents. Running 'git sparse-checkout clean' may assist\n" \ + "in this cleanup." struct modify_index_context { struct index_state *write; -- gitgitgadget