## Problem to solve If I forget to include `--no-checkout` when performing a partial clone filtered by **path**, it will be very slow and have the unexpected result of checking out every file for HEAD of the default branch. The work around is to use `--no-checkout` and the perform a sparse checkout ## Proposal When I perform a filtered clone like: `git clone --filter=sparse:path=XXX git@gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce.git`, Git should automatically perform a sparse checkout ## Links / references