SPARSE CHECKOUT
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-Note: The `update-index` and `read-tree` primitives for supporting the
-skip-worktree bit predated the introduction of
-linkgit:git-sparse-checkout[1]. Users are encouraged to use
-`sparse-checkout` in preference to these low-level primitives.
+Note: The skip-worktree capabilities in linkgit:git-update-index[1]
+and `read-tree` predated the introduction of
+linkgit:git-sparse-checkout[1]. Users are encouraged to use the
+`sparse-checkout` command in preference to these plumbing commands for
+sparse-checkout/skip-worktree related needs. However, the information
+below might be useful to users trying to understand the pattern style
+used in non-cone mode of the `sparse-checkout` command.
"Sparse checkout" allows populating the working directory sparsely.
It uses the skip-worktree bit (see linkgit:git-update-index[1]) to