From: Jakub Narebski Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2008 11:53:09 GMT Subject: Re: on subtree checkout Message-ID: <200802241253.11271.jnareb@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200802241153.58009.robin.rosenberg.lists@dewire.com> Dnia niedziela 24. lutego 2008 11:53, Robin Rosenberg napisał: > söndagen den 24 februari 2008 skrev Jakub Narebski: >> Robin Rosenberg writes: >>> söndagen den 24 februari 2008 skrev Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy: >>>> I'm going to implement subtree checkout. The plan is to save "index >>>> prefix" in GIT_DIR/prefix and update git commands to use index prefix >>>> when accessing the index. If I'm heading a wrong way, stop me now. >>> >>> Make it multivalue as having more than one directory checked out is >>> quite reasonable in for example Eclipse, where there are hundreds of >>> plugins all listed at the top level, but you only need a checkout >>> for those that you actually want to change. KDE would be another >>> example where you want to mention multiple roots. >> >> IMHO both in case of Eclipse plugins, and KDE modules/apps/whatever >> it would be much better to use submodules support than partial >> checkouts. > > 400 submodules... noway. Way. IHMO rule of thumb is: use submodules support if projects are independent, or at least largely independent. -- Jakub Narebski Poland