Merge branch 'nd/checkout-keep-sparse'

Make the initial "sparse" selection of the paths more sticky across
"git checkout".

* nd/checkout-keep-sparse:
  checkout: add --ignore-skip-worktree-bits in sparse checkout mode

2 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
index 8edcdca..23a9413 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
@@ -180,6 +180,12 @@ branch by running "git rm -rf ." from the top level of the working tree.
 Afterwards you will be ready to prepare your new files, repopulating the
 working tree, by copying them from elsewhere, extracting a tarball, etc.
 
+--ignore-skip-worktree-bits::
+	In sparse checkout mode, `git checkout -- <paths>` would
+	update only entries matched by <paths> and sparse patterns
+	in $GIT_DIR/info/sparse-checkout. This option ignores
+	the sparse patterns and adds back any files in <paths>.
+
 -m::
 --merge::
 	When switching branches,
diff --git a/Documentation/gitrepository-layout.txt b/Documentation/gitrepository-layout.txt
index 2ad09f4..d6f3393 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitrepository-layout.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitrepository-layout.txt
@@ -184,6 +184,10 @@ info/exclude::
 	'git clean' look at it but the core Git commands do not look
 	at it.  See also: linkgit:gitignore[5].
 
+info/sparse-checkout::
+	This file stores sparse checkout patterns.
+	See also: linkgit:git-read-tree[1].
+
 remotes::
 	Stores shorthands for URL and default refnames for use
 	when interacting with remote repositories via 'git fetch',