On Thu, Jan 20, 2022 at 10:30:03PM +0100, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote: > > diff --git a/t/t1091-sparse-checkout-builtin.sh b/t/t1091-sparse-checkout-builtin.sh > > index 42776984fe..dba0737599 100755 > > --- a/t/t1091-sparse-checkout-builtin.sh > > +++ b/t/t1091-sparse-checkout-builtin.sh > > @@ -79,6 +79,13 @@ test_expect_success 'git sparse-checkout init' ' > > check_files repo a > > ' > > > > +test_expect_success 'git sparse-checkout init in empty repo' ' > > + test_when_finished rm -rf empty-repo blank-template && > > + mkdir blank-template && > > + git init --template=blank-template empty-repo && > > + git -C empty-repo sparse-checkout init > > +' > > + > > test_expect_success 'git sparse-checkout list after init' ' > > git -C repo sparse-checkout list >actual && > > cat >expect <<-\EOF && > > You're using an overly verbose way to say "no templates, please". You > can squash this in, i.e. --template= is an explicitly supported way to > do that. It would be even more expressive to use 'git init --no-template', but, alas, that doesn't work: $ git init --no-template /tmp/foo Initialized empty Git repository in /tmp/foo/.git/ $ ls /tmp/foo/.git branches config description HEAD hooks info objects refs