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@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ THE FUTURE.
COMMANDS
--------
'list'::
- Provide a list of the contents in the sparse-checkout file.
+ Describe the patterns in the sparse-checkout file.
'init'::
Enable the `core.sparseCheckout` setting. If the
@@ -150,6 +150,15 @@ expecting patterns of these types. Git will warn if the patterns do not match.
If the patterns do match the expected format, then Git will use faster hash-
based algorithms to compute inclusion in the sparse-checkout.
+In the cone mode case, the `git sparse-checkout list` subcommand will list the
+directories that define the recursive patterns. For the example sparse-checkout
+file above, the output is as follows:
+
+--------------------------
+$ git sparse-checkout list
+A/B/C
+--------------------------
+
If `core.ignoreCase=true`, then the pattern-matching algorithm will use a
case-insensitive check. This corrects for case mismatched filenames in the
'git sparse-checkout set' command to reflect the expected cone in the working