Hi (English is not my language) We started to work with sparse-checkout and we found two issues. We work with bare repository, with a worktree 'arounds' it. Two issues: Issue 1) fatal: this operation must be run in a work tree TO reproduce, In bare repository: git worktree add ../testwt pub/empty -no-checkout Switch to worktree git sparse-checkout init Result: fatal: this operation must be run in a work tree any operation in any worktree now ends with: fatal: this operation must be run in a work tree This is because extensions.worktreeConfig=true Workaround 1. core.bare=false in bare - not acceptable 2. Remove worktreeConfig=true - not good idea if we want to work with sparse-checkout 3. core.bare=false in worktree, but we need to apply it on any worktree Please note that this happens even if in time of creating worktree worktreeConfig=true Issue 2) fatal: Unable to create 'F:/views/MonoCentral/worktrees/testwt3/info/sparse-checkout.lock': No such file or directory To reproduce, same as above, but worktreeConfig=false before starting, Result: fatal: Unable to create 'F:/views/MonoCentral/worktrees/testwt3/info/sparse-checkout.lock': No such file or directory Workaround: Set extensions.worktreeConfig=true before adding the worktree or running sparse-checkout Thanks Boaz The content of this message is APPLIED MATERIALS CONFIDENTIAL. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify me, delete this email and do not use or distribute this email.