{"version":"2.1.287","anchor":"plugin-marketplace-path-doc-and-sync-tweaks","canonical_anchor":"plugin-marketplace-path-doc-and-sync-tweaks","heading":"Plugin path description now says sparse checkout works over https or ssh","tier":"notice","area":"Plugins","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.287\/e\/plugin-marketplace-path-doc-and-sync-tweaks","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.287","markdown":"### Plugin path description now says sparse checkout works over https or ssh\n\nThe description of a plugin's `path` source now says the repository is checked out sparsely over https or ssh\n\n**Unclear.** It is not confirmed that sparse checkout behaves differently, as opposed to only being described differently.\n\n**What**\n\nA plugin's `path` source tells Claude Code which folder inside a repository holds the plugin. Its description now says the repository is \"Checked out sparsely\" over https or ssh as a partial clone, which means only the needed parts are downloaded. It used to say \"Cloned sparsely using partial clone\".\n\nInstalled plugins also now keep a record of which repository folder they came from, and the way Claude Code refreshes plugin state has been reworked.\n\n**Why**\n\nThe wording suggests that downloading only part of a repository now also works over ssh.\n\n- Area: Plugins\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 1\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5"}