Exercise - Sparse Checkout

Tips

• git clone --sparse: Clones a repository without populating the workspace.
• git sparse-checkout init --cone: Configures cone mode for better performance.
• git sparse-checkout add fileDirOrPattern: Add files or directories to be loaded on the next checkout. Everything will be fetched on the next checkout.
• git sparse-checkout list: View the current sparse-checkout configuration.
• git sparse-checkout disable: Disable sparse-checkout again.

Setup

A Git repository named repo has already been created. It contains files at the top level and in two subdirectories.

Directories

• ./ Main directory for this exercise
  • repo/ Existing repository.

Step 0 - START

Step 1 - Perform sparse clone

Start in directory git-uebungen/aufgaben/repository-sparse-checkout.

Create a sparse clone of repo named myrepo, verify that only top-level files have been fetched into the workspace.

Step 2 - Add directory

Start in directory git-uebungen/aufgaben/repository-sparse-checkout.

Add the directory component-a. Check the new configuration. Validate that component-a is now present.

Step 3 - Disable sparse checkout

Start in directory git-uebungen/aufgaben/repository-sparse-checkout.

Disable sparse-checkout and perform a checkout again.

Validate that all files are now present.

Step 4 - Clone and checkout

Start in directory git-uebungen/aufgaben/repository-sparse-checkout.

Clone myrepo, restrict to component-a and do a checkout. Use the --cone option.

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