LFS, sparse-checkout & patches

Git LFS

The LFS manager

Detects whether git-lfs is installed, whether this repository uses it, and which patterns are tracked. The file list shows what is downloaded versus what is still a pointer, and you can pull or prune from there.

Sparse-checkout

Cone-mode sparse-checkout

Cone mode: tick the top-level folders you actually work in, and the rest leave your working tree while staying in history. Useful on a monorepo where you only own two packages.

A partial clone (--filter=blob:none) is offered when cloning, so you do not download blobs you will never open.

Patches

Export a commit (or a multi-selection) as a .patch.
Apply one to the working tree (git apply) or as a commit (git am).

Both from the Tools menu.

See also: Worktrees & submodules