Re: GIT and Cloning Remote Repositories into "Local Remote" Repositories

From: Casey Dahlin <cdahlin@redhat.com>
Date: Sep 27, 2010, 15:18 UTC
Message-ID: <20100927151807.GE31809@foucault.redhat.com>
In-Reply-To: <C8C53EC9.1E621%gerickson@nuovations.com>

On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 06:17:45PM -0700, Grant Erickson wrote:

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> On 9/20/10 6:37 PM, Casey Dahlin wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 06:22:09PM -0700, Grant Erickson wrote:
> >> Perhaps 'submodules' are what I am looking for?
> >> 
> > 
> > Yup, exactly :) the manpage git submodule should get you going.
> 
> Casey:
> 
> Thanks for the prompt reply.
> 
> I spent some time over the weekend playing with the various submodule
> tutorials and I wasn't left feeling convinced that it's the right solution,
> particularly with the added complexity around commits and pushes (trailing
> slashes, etc.) that I am sure my users are going to get wrong more often
> than right.
>

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> 
> And so on for the linux subtree as well. Any further tips or course
> corrections you can offer, particularly relative to subtree merges?
>

Unfortunately I'm not an expert here. I know what submodules do but I haven't used them much (in fact I last looked at them just after they were introduced. They were even rougher back then).

I may have missed it but if you haven't I'd update the list on all of this again.

--CJD