Git sparse checkout

sparse checkout let’s you pull a single file with git

compression on mesh variations
- Artist won’t be able to have both variants open on their pc at same time. Unless the asset manager somehow pulls only the file (git sparse-checkout or git archive) the artist wants, to a new temp repo?
git archive vs sparse checkout
- To download a single file, git archive is generally faster and more efficient than git sparse-checkout. Here’s why: