On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 9:25 AM, Jessie Hernandez <git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> 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). > > Would it help if this was added to the documentation of git-read-tree It probably would. Would you be interested in submitting a patch (mentioning 'git rev-parse --git-path info/sparse-checkout', as suggested by Duy)?