git-sparse-checkout.txt: add missing '

[thirdparty/git.git] / Documentation / git-sparse-checkout.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-sparse-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-sparse-checkout.txt
index c0342e53938a4f92398bdd8ceafa57623c2a85ae..7c8943af7af3f61ebcc32c3a50b03de01024abcd 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-sparse-checkout.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-sparse-checkout.txt
@@ -70,6 +70,16 @@ C-style quoted strings.
        `core.sparseCheckoutCone` is enabled, the given patterns are interpreted
        as directory names as in the 'set' subcommand.
 
+'reapply'::
+       Reapply the sparsity pattern rules to paths in the working tree.
+       Commands like merge or rebase can materialize paths to do their
+       work (e.g. in order to show you a conflict), and other
+       sparse-checkout commands might fail to sparsify an individual file
+       (e.g. because it has unstaged changes or conflicts).  In such
+       cases, it can make sense to run `git sparse-checkout reapply` later
+       after cleaning up affected paths (e.g. resolving conflicts, undoing
+       or committing changes, etc.).
+
 'disable'::
        Disable the `core.sparseCheckout` config setting, and restore the
        working directory to include all files. Leaves the sparse-checkout