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Sparse checkout

Meaning in software engineering, with examples

nounAdvanced term

In software engineering, sparse checkout means: A checkout that places only selected repository paths in the working tree while keeping other paths out of it.

In Turkish: seyrek çalışma kopyası

How it is used

Used with large repositories. It limits visible working files and does not by itself guarantee a smaller downloaded history.

Example sentences

  1. A sparse checkout lets the documentation team work without populating every application folder.

    Only selected paths appear on disk in the working tree.

  2. We expanded the sparse checkout when the fix also required a shared library.

    Changing the path selection makes an additional part of the same repository available.

Common collocations

  • enable sparse checkout
  • sparse checkout configuration
  • repositoryA storage place for a project's code and its full history of changes, usually managed with Git and often hosted online.
  • check outIn Git, to switch your working files to a particular branch or commit so that you can see or work on that version of the code.

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