[PATCH 5/6] Documentation: clarify/correct a few sparsity related statements
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From: Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget <hidden>
Date: 2021-12-04 20:00:35
Subsystem:
documentation, the rest · Maintainers:
Jonathan Corbet, Linus Torvalds
From: Elijah Newren <redacted> Signed-off-by: Elijah Newren <redacted> --- Documentation/git-clone.txt | 8 ++++---- Documentation/git-sparse-checkout.txt | 2 +- 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
index 3fe3810f1ce..b348a71fc68 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt@@ -167,10 +167,10 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository. configuration variables are created. --sparse:: - Initialize the sparse-checkout file so the working - directory starts with only the files in the root - of the repository. The sparse-checkout file can be - modified to grow the working directory as needed. + Employ a sparse-checkout, with only files in the toplevel + directory initially being present. The + linkgit:git-sparse-checkout[1] command can be used to grow the + working directory as needed. --filter=<filter-spec>:: Use the partial clone feature and request that the server sends
diff --git a/Documentation/git-sparse-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-sparse-checkout.txt
index d22c925ecf8..73e7645b77a 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-sparse-checkout.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-sparse-checkout.txt@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ SPARSE CHECKOUT It uses the skip-worktree bit (see linkgit:git-update-index[1]) to tell Git whether a file in the working directory is worth looking at. If the skip-worktree bit is set, then the file is ignored in the working -directory. Git will not populate the contents of those files, which +directory. Git will avoid populating the contents of those files, which makes a sparse checkout helpful when working in a repository with many files, but only a few are important to the current user.
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