diff --git a/eden/scm/Cargo.toml b/eden/scm/Cargo.toml
index 6d9b602f70..b6bc03ed3a 100644
--- a/eden/scm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/eden/scm/Cargo.toml
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ members = [
   "lib/revisionstore/types",
   "lib/revlogindex",
   "lib/runlog",
+  "lib/sparse",
   "lib/spawn-ext",
   "lib/status",
   "lib/storemodel",
diff --git a/eden/scm/lib/sparse/Cargo.toml b/eden/scm/lib/sparse/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7b0622764d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eden/scm/lib/sparse/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# @generated by autocargo
+
+[package]
+name = "sparse"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+[dependencies]
+tracing = "0.1.32"
diff --git a/eden/scm/lib/sparse/src/lib.rs b/eden/scm/lib/sparse/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f41a0d70f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eden/scm/lib/sparse/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,189 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+ *
+ * This software may be used and distributed according to the terms of the
+ * GNU General Public License version 2.
+ */
+
+use std::io;
+use std::io::BufRead;
+use std::io::BufReader;
+
+#[derive(Default, Debug)]
+pub struct Profile {
+    // Where this profile came from (typically a file path).
+    source: String,
+
+    // [include], [exclude] and %include
+    entries: Vec<ProfileEntry>,
+
+    // [metadata]
+    title: Option<String>,
+    description: Option<String>,
+    hidden: Option<String>,
+    version: Option<String>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
+enum Pattern {
+    Include(String),
+    Exclude(String),
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+enum ProfileEntry {
+    Pattern(Pattern),
+    Profile(String),
+}
+
+#[derive(PartialEq)]
+enum SectionType {
+    Include,
+    Exclude,
+    Metadata,
+}
+
+impl SectionType {
+    fn from_str(value: &str) -> Option<Self> {
+        match value {
+            "[include]" => Some(SectionType::Include),
+            "[exclude]" => Some(SectionType::Exclude),
+            "[metadata]" => Some(SectionType::Metadata),
+            _ => None,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Profile {
+    pub fn from_bytes(data: impl AsRef<[u8]>, source: String) -> Result<Self, io::Error> {
+        let mut prof: Profile = Default::default();
+        let mut current_metadata_val: Option<&mut String> = None;
+        let mut section_type = SectionType::Include;
+
+        for (mut line_num, line) in BufReader::new(data.as_ref()).lines().enumerate() {
+            line_num += 1;
+
+            let line = line?;
+            let trimmed = line.trim();
+
+            // Ingore comments and empty lines.
+            if matches!(trimmed.chars().next(), Some('#' | ';') | None) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            if let Some(p) = trimmed.strip_prefix("%include ") {
+                prof.entries
+                    .push(ProfileEntry::Profile(p.trim().to_string()));
+            } else if let Some(section_start) = SectionType::from_str(trimmed) {
+                section_type = section_start;
+                current_metadata_val = None;
+            } else if section_type == SectionType::Metadata {
+                if line.starts_with(&[' ', '\t']) {
+                    // Continuation of multiline value.
+                    if let Some(ref mut val) = current_metadata_val {
+                        val.push('\n');
+                        val.push_str(trimmed);
+                    } else {
+                        tracing::warn!(%line, %source, line_num, "orphan metadata line");
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    current_metadata_val = None;
+                    if let Some((key, val)) = trimmed.split_once(&['=', ':']) {
+                        let prof_val = match key.trim() {
+                            "description" => &mut prof.description,
+                            "title" => &mut prof.title,
+                            "hidden" => &mut prof.hidden,
+                            "version" => &mut prof.version,
+                            _ => {
+                                tracing::warn!(%line, %source, line_num, "ignoring uninteresting metadata key");
+                                continue;
+                            }
+                        };
+
+                        current_metadata_val = Some(prof_val.insert(val.trim().to_string()));
+                    }
+                }
+            } else {
+                if trimmed.starts_with('/') {
+                    tracing::warn!(%line, %source, line_num, "ignoring sparse rule starting with /");
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                if section_type == SectionType::Include {
+                    prof.entries
+                        .push(ProfileEntry::Pattern(Pattern::Include(trimmed.to_string())));
+                } else {
+                    prof.entries
+                        .push(ProfileEntry::Pattern(Pattern::Exclude(trimmed.to_string())));
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        prof.source = source;
+
+        Ok(prof)
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    // Returns a profile's (includes, excludes, profiles).
+    fn split_prof(prof: &Profile) -> (Vec<&str>, Vec<&str>, Vec<&str>) {
+        let (mut inc, mut exc, mut profs) = (vec![], vec![], vec![]);
+        for entry in &prof.entries {
+            match entry {
+                ProfileEntry::Pattern(Pattern::Include(p)) => inc.push(p.as_ref()),
+                ProfileEntry::Pattern(Pattern::Exclude(p)) => exc.push(p.as_ref()),
+                ProfileEntry::Profile(p) => profs.push(p.as_ref()),
+            }
+        }
+        (inc, exc, profs)
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_parsing() {
+        let got = Profile::from_bytes(
+            b"
+; hello
+  # there
+
+a
+[metadata]
+boring = banana
+title  =   foo
+[include]
+glob:b/**/z
+/skip/me
+%include  other.sparse
+ [exclude]
+c
+/skip/me
+
+[metadata]
+	skip me
+description:howdy
+ doody
+version : 123
+hidden=your eyes
+	only
+
+",
+            "test".to_string(),
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+
+        assert_eq!(got.source, "test");
+
+        let (inc, exc, profs) = split_prof(&got);
+        assert_eq!(inc, vec!["a", "glob:b/**/z"]);
+        assert_eq!(exc, vec!["c"]);
+        assert_eq!(profs, vec!["other.sparse"]);
+
+        assert_eq!(got.title.unwrap(), "foo");
+        assert_eq!(got.description.unwrap(), "howdy\ndoody");
+        assert_eq!(got.hidden.unwrap(), "your eyes\nonly");
+        assert_eq!(got.version.unwrap(), "123");
+    }
+}