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| author |  Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com> | 2021-12-14 04:09:11 +0000 |
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| committer |  Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2021-12-15 11:48:22 -0800 |
| commit | d30e2bbe85d8a7427d5c978264f45d498a472408 (patch) | |
| tree | 73fd60083096c2192642dd076a8b6c8ad50d1711 /Documentation/git-clone.txt | |
| parent | git-sparse-checkout.txt: update to document init/set/reapply changes (diff) | |
| download | tgif-d30e2bbe85d8a7427d5c978264f45d498a472408.tar.xz | |
Documentation: clarify/correct a few sparsity related statements
Reviewed-by: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com>
Reviewed-by: Victoria Dye <vdye@github.com>
Signed-off-by: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-clone.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-clone.txt | 8 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt index 3fe3810f1c..b348a71fc6 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt @@ -167,10 +167,10 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository. configuration variables are created. --sparse:: - Initialize the sparse-checkout file so the working - directory starts with only the files in the root - of the repository. The sparse-checkout file can be - modified to grow the working directory as needed. + Employ a sparse-checkout, with only files in the toplevel + directory initially being present. The + linkgit:git-sparse-checkout[1] command can be used to grow the + working directory as needed. --filter=<filter-spec>:: Use the partial clone feature and request that the server sends |