{"thread":{"id":"39344","subject":"[ANN] multigit: overlaid git repositories","startedAt":"2015-05-14T22:27:43Z","lastAt":"2015-05-14T22:27:43Z","messageCount":1,"participants":["Cosmin Apreutesei"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"261310","messageId":"CAKJdRa=U8sy4ikBwBc2utZfHCjR73t0a417GWW8sTs73gouZTg@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"39344","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"[ANN] multigit: overlaid git repositories","fromName":"Cosmin Apreutesei","fromEmail":"cosmin.apreutesei@gmail.com","sentAt":"2015-05-14T22:27:43Z","receivedAt":"2015-05-14T22:27:43Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"cosmin.apreutesei@gmail.com","avatar":"https://gravatar.com/avatar/f66abe8cb4ae1faa0af3562b5f140e4add185ceef77ca5505d5f145cb8b4a5b3?d=mp&s=160"},"body":"Hello everyone,\n\nMultigit is a tool which allows you to work with multiple repositories\noverlaid over a single directory.\n\nURL: https://github.com/capr/multigit\n\nIt's used extensively as the package manager for luapower[1], and it's\nsimilar to vcsh[2] for those who know that project.\n\nIt is useful for projects which are made of different components that\nare developed separately, but which need to deploy files in different\nparts of the directory structure of the project, like for instance:\n\n  * manage customizations made to a web app in a separate repository.\n  * putting your home directory under source control.\n  * package and/or config manager for a Linux distro.\n\nI hope someone finds it useful.\n\n--Cosmin\n\nPS: I wish I could do `git clone --git-dir=foo foo-url`.\n\n\n[1] https://luapower.com/luapower-git\n[2] https://github.com/RichiH/vcsh\n"}]}