# How to undo git sparse-checkout set only for one directory?

2 messages from 2020-01-30 to 2020-01-30. Participants: dk@tutunak.com, Derrick Stolee.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/52718

## dk@tutunak.com, 2020-01-30 14:56

Subject: How to undo git sparse-checkout set only for one directory?
Message-ID: <21812981580396191@vla3-a60e960147e7.qloud-c.yandex.net>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/21812981580396191%40vla3-a60e960147e7.qloud-c.yandex.net

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After git sparse-checkout set <dir1> <dir2> <dir3> I want to disable sparse checkout only for one directroy - <dir2>. How can I do that? git sparse-checkout disable will do that for whole repository. 

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## Derrick Stolee, 2020-01-30 15:08

Subject: Re: How to undo git sparse-checkout set only for one directory?
Message-ID: <9b717655-5a89-6d88-b5c5-8bee9faf75aa@gmail.com>
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In-Reply-To: <21812981580396191@vla3-a60e960147e7.qloud-c.yandex.net>

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On 1/30/2020 9:56 AM, dk@tutunak.com wrote:
> After git sparse-checkout set <dir1> <dir2> <dir3> I want to disable sparse checkout only for one directroy - <dir2>. How can I do that? git sparse-checkout disable will do that for whole repository. 

I'm planning to add some "add" and "remove" subcommands to the
sparse-checkout builtin soon, and those would allow you to modify
the sparse-checkout cone one-by-one.

For the case you have now, you can try this:

	git sparse-checkout list >dirs.txt
	(edit dirs.txt to remove the directory you do not want)
	git sparse-checkout set --stdin <dirs.txt

Alternatively, you could do this abomination:

	git sparse-checkout list | grep -v "<dir2>" | git sparse-checkout set --stdin

I hope that helps.

Thanks,
-Stolee


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