2 username="Ilya_Shlyakhter"
3 avatar="http://cdn.libravatar.org/avatar/1647044369aa7747829c38b9dcc84df0"
4 subject="sparse checkouts to hide non-present files"
5 date="2021-04-24T22:00:14Z"
7 Could [sparse checkouts](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-read-tree#_sparse_checkout) be used to hide non-present files, as an alternative to adjusted branches?