SparseCheckout in Jenkinsfile pipeline

Question

In a jenkinsfile, I have specified the folderName through SparseCheckoutPaths which I want to checkout. But I am getting a whole branch checkout instead.

Answer 1

Your syntax looks good, but, as seen in "jenkinsci/plugins/gitclient/CliGitAPIImpl.java", did you specify the right configuration?

private void sparseCheckout(@NonNull List paths) throws GitException, InterruptedException {

    boolean coreSparseCheckoutConfigEnable;
    try {
        coreSparseCheckoutConfigEnable = launchCommand("config", "core.sparsecheckout").contains("true");
    } catch (GitException ge) {
        coreSparseCheckoutConfigEnable = false;
    }

In other words, is git config core.sparsecheckout equal to true in the repo you are about to checkout?