# Re: question about sparse checkout 1 messages from 2010-04-09 to 2010-04-09. Participants: Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/23390 ## Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy, 2010-04-09 11:13 Subject: Re: question about sparse checkout Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/j2hfcaeb9bf1004090413ud934f42ch633b04e4b282b3f%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: ``` On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 12:18 PM, Matt Rice wrote: > hi, > > is there some way that cloning a sparse checkout can also clone the > sparsity of the checkout? No. The sparsity is a property of worktree, it can't be cloned. > currently, when cloning, I have to set up the sparsity on each cloned > repository, after fetching > by providing something like a shell script for each 'view' of the repository > just wondering if there was a way to make this a transferrable property. I have a similar problem (transferring remote.* by cloning). Maybe we could extend git protocol a little bit to allow these customizations? -- Duy ```