Is it possible to do a sparse checkout without checking out the whole repository first?

Question

I\'m working with a repository with a very large number of files that takes hours to checkout. I\'m looking into the possibility of whether Git would work well with this kin

Answer 1

Works in git 2.28

git clone --filter=blob:none --no-checkout --depth 1 --sparse 
cd 
git sparse-checkout init --cone

Specify the files and folders you want to clone

git sparse-checkout add / /
git checkout