sparse-checkout will disappear branch info

[frankcbliu]

hello!
when i use git sparse-checkout to check out my branch, the branch info on the prompt will disappear.

here is the normal checkout:

as u see, the branch name in this checkout is normal.

but when i use spare-checkout, the branch info disappear.

here is the spare-checkout:

i am not sure what makes this problem, how can i get back the branch info ?

[romkatv]

Powerlevel10k uses gitstatus to retrieve information about git repositories. gitstatus, in turn, uses libgit2. libgit2 doesn't support sparse checkouts. See libgit2/libgit2#6044.

[frankcbliu]

Powerlevel10k uses gitstatus to retrieve information about git repositories. gitstatus, in turn, uses libgit2. libgit2 doesn't support sparse checkouts. See libgit2/libgit2#6044.

ok, i see. thanks for your quickly reply~

[mikehdt]

It does look like there's been an effort recently to support this, which is fantastic news:
libgit2/libgit2#6202