Riftri

Sparse checkout

Create a worktree with only the directories you need, one --sparse-dir per repository-relative directory:

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riftri worktree add ../app-core -b feature/core main \
  --sparse-dir src --sparse-dir docs

Git cone mode includes the selected directories, repository-root files, and files directly inside the selection's ancestors. The result is a real Git worktree with its own branch and index.

Current limits

  • Literal directory names only; no file paths, wildcards, or negations.
  • Explicit selections use riftri worktree add --sparse-dir.
  • Adds issued inside a cone-mode sparse worktree inherit its selection, including intercepted Git adds. Explicit sparse options through interception remain unsupported.
  • Sparse selections combined with Git LFS paths are unsupported.
  • Pristine native-COW sparse views can compact at their original selection; compaction after a selection change remains unsupported.

You can change the selection later with Git's sparse-checkout commands, but newly included files are ordinary checkouts, not new Riftri clones; for a fresh copy-on-write selection, remove the clean view and create another. Local changes still prevent clean removal; see CLI reference.

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