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+++ b/Documentation/git-sparse-checkout.txt
@@ -70,6 +70,16 @@ C-style quoted strings.
`core.sparseCheckoutCone` is enabled, the given patterns are interpreted
as directory names as in the 'set' subcommand.
+'reapply::
+ Reapply the sparsity pattern rules to paths in the working tree.
+ Commands like merge or rebase can materialize paths to do their
+ work (e.g. in order to show you a conflict), and other
+ sparse-checkout commands might fail to sparsify an individual file
+ (e.g. because it has unstaged changes or conflicts). In such
+ cases, it can make sense to run `git sparse-checkout reapply` later
+ after cleaning up affected paths (e.g. resolving conflicts, undoing
+ or committing changes, etc.).
+
'disable'::
Disable the `core.sparseCheckout` config setting, and restore the
working directory to include all files. Leaves the sparse-checkout