From 830255b283cd4ba6a4a81b74891cedc40763d7c1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ihar Hrachyshka <ihar.hrachyshka@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2026 19:52:12 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] .github: avoid full checkout on backport

The backport action should work with a sparse tree, so materializing all
files is just wasteful.

Since total time allocated for backport jobs is just 3 mins, sometimes a
slow worktree checkout consumes a good chunk of it and pushes the job to
timeout, resulting in missed backport. See for example:

https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/actions/runs/30587897004/job/91023481883
---
 .github/workflows/backport.yml | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/backport.yml b/.github/workflows/backport.yml
index 5805401b08c7..ba5c06452664 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/backport.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/backport.yml
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
+          # Avoid materializing full nixpkgs tree
+          sparse-checkout: .
           token: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}
           persist-credentials: true