Re: [PATCH 3/3] sparse-index: point users to new 'clean' action

[Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>]

On Tue, Jul 8, 2025 at 4:20 AM Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
<gitgitgadget@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> From: Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com>
>
> In my experience, the most-common reason that the sparse index must
> expand to a full one is because there is some leftover file in a tracked
> directory that is now outside of the sparse-checkout. The new 'git
> sparse-checkout clean' command will find and delete these directories,
> so point users to it when they hit the sparse index expansion advice.
>
> Signed-off-by: Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com>
> ---
>  sparse-index.c | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/sparse-index.c b/sparse-index.c
> index 5634abafaa07..5d14795063b5 100644
> --- a/sparse-index.c
> +++ b/sparse-index.c
> @@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ int give_advice_on_expansion = 1;
>         "Your working directory likely has contents that are outside of\n"     \
>         "your sparse-checkout patterns. Use 'git sparse-checkout list' to\n"   \
>         "see your sparse-checkout definition and compare it to your working\n" \
> -       "directory contents. Running 'git clean' may assist in this cleanup."
> +       "directory contents. Running 'git sparse-checkout clean' may assist\n" \
> +       "in this cleanup."
>
>  struct modify_index_context {
>         struct index_state *write;
> --
> gitgitgadget

Makes sense, once we work out any wrinkles with `git sparse-checkout clean`.