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diff --git a/Documentation/git-sparse-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-sparse-checkout.txt index b5db812f09..8e80d1c733 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-sparse-checkout.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-sparse-checkout.txt @@ -70,11 +70,11 @@ SET' below for more details). In the past, this was not the default, and `--cone` needed to be specified or `core.sparseCheckoutCone` needed to be enabled. + -When `--no-cone` is passed or `core.sparseCheckoutCone` is set to false, -the input list is considered a list of patterns. This mode is harder -to use and less performant, and is thus not recommended. See the -"Sparse Checkout" section of linkgit:git-read-tree[1] and the "Pattern -Set" sections below for more details. +When `--no-cone` is passed, the input list is considered a list of +patterns. This mode is harder to use and less performant, and is thus +not recommended. See the "Sparse Checkout" section of +linkgit:git-read-tree[1] and the "Pattern Set" sections below for more +details. + Use the `--[no-]sparse-index` option to use a sparse index (the default is to not use it). A sparse index reduces the size of the @@ -196,9 +196,9 @@ In addition to the above two patterns, we also expect that all files in the root directory are included. If a recursive pattern is added, then all leading directories are added as parent patterns. -By default, when running `git sparse-checkout init`, the root directory is -added as a parent pattern. At this point, the sparse-checkout file contains -the following patterns: +By default, when running `git sparse-checkout set` with no directories +specified, the root directory is added as a parent pattern. At this +point, the sparse-checkout file contains the following patterns: ---------------- /* |