On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 9:52 AM Alasdair Hurst <alasdairhurst@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > In git 2.27.0 sparse-checkout doesn't seem to work the same as it did in > 2.25.0: > > > > Version: git version 2.27.0.windows.1 (the same behavior occurs on 2.27.0 on > linux too) > > Commands: > -git clone git@xxxxxxxx:user/repo <mailto:git@xxxxxxxx:user/repo> > --no-checkout --depth 1 sparse-repo > > -cd sparse-repo > > -git sparse-checkout init > > -git sparse-checkout add packages > > > > Expected behavior (as seen in 0.25): > > -ls > packages > > The packages directory is checked out and available the repo root. > > > Current behavior > > -ls > > > > No packages directory is checked out and the root is empty. Thanks for the report; this was fixed by commit b5bfc08a97 ("sparse-checkout: avoid staging deletions of all files", 2020-06-05), currently cooking in the 'next' branch of git.git. See the thread at https://lore.kernel.org/git/pull.801.v2.git.git.1591324899170.gitgitgadget@xxxxxxxxx/ if you want to read up on it.
