On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 11:11 AM, Jessie Hernandez <[email protected]> wrote: > 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).
