@@ -375,10 +375,11 @@ have finished your work-in-progress), attempt the merge again.
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.
"Sparse checkout" allows populating the working directory sparsely.
It uses the skip-worktree bit (see linkgit:git-update-index[1]) to
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
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-This command is used to create sparse checkouts, which means that it
-changes the working tree from having all tracked files present, to only
-have a subset of them. It can also switch which subset of files are
-present, or undo and go back to having all tracked files present in the
-working copy.
+This command is used to create sparse checkouts, which change the
+working tree from having all tracked files present to only having a
+subset of those files. It can also switch which subset of files are
+present, or undo and go back to having all tracked files present in
+the working copy.
The subset of files is chosen by providing a list of directories in
cone mode (the default), or by providing a list of patterns in