From the root of your local git repo:
uhleeka@uhleeka.local /cygdrive/c/projects/test (master) $ git config core.sparsecheckout true uhleeka@uhleeka.local /cygdrive/c/projects/test (master) $ echo a_directory_i_want_to_include/ > .git/info/sparse-checkout uhleeka@uhleeka.local /cygdrive/c/projects/test (master) $ echo another_directory_i_want_to_include/ >> .git/info/sparse-checkout uhleeka@uhleeka.local /cygdrive/c/projects/test (master) $ git read-tree -m -u HEAD
Validate:
uhleeka@uhleeka.local /cygdrive/c/projects/test (master) $ ls a_directory_i_want_to_include/ another_directory_i_want_to_include/