1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index e87edeab0..abd762ebf 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -503,6 +503,11 @@ static int git_default_core_config(const char *var, const char *value)
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+	if (!strcmp(var, "core.sparsecheckout")) {
+		core_apply_sparse_checkout = git_config_bool(var, value);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	/* Add other config variables here and to Documentation/config.txt. */
 	return 0;
 }