On Mon, Aug 30, 2021 at 2:36 PM Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > ... > COMMANDS > -------- > > +Clone > +~~~~~ > + > +clone [<options>] <url> [<enlistment>]:: > + Clones the specified repository, similar to linkgit:git-clone[1]. By > + default, only commit and tree objects are cloned. Once finished, the > + worktree is located at `<enlistment>/src`. > ++ > +The sparse-checkout feature is enabled (except when run with `--full-clone`) > +and the only files present are those in the top-level directory. Use > +`git sparse-checkout set` to expand the set of directories you want to see, > +or `git sparse-checkout disable` to expand to all files (see > +linkgit:git-sparse-checkout[1] for more details). You can explore the > +subdirectories outside your sparse-checkout by using `git ls-tree HEAD`. Should this be `git ls-tree [-r] HEAD`? Do you expect people to just add directories that are found immediately under the toplevel, rather than some that are a bit deeper?
