From: Heiko Voigt <hvoigt@hvoigt.net>
Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2011 23:43:23 GMT
Subject: Re: [RFC] Questions for "Git User's Survey 2011"
Message-ID: <20110801234323.GB31614@book.hvoigt.net>
In-Reply-To: <201107252233.02088.jnareb@gmail.com>

Hi,

On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 10:33:01PM +0200, Jakub Narebski wrote:
> === 17. Which of the following features would you like to see implemented in git? ===
> (multiple choice)
> 
>  + better support for big files (large media)
>  + resumable clone/fetch (and other remote operations)
>  + GitTorrent Protocol, or git-mirror
>  + lazy clone / on-demand fetching of object
>  + support for tracking empty directories
>  + environmental variables in config, 
>    and expanding ~ and ~user in paths in config
>  + better undo/abort/continue, and for more commands
>  + '-n' like option for each command, which describes what would happen
>  + side-by-side diffs and/or color-words diff in gitweb
>  + admin and/or write features in gitweb
>  + graphical history view in gitweb
>  + GUI for rebase in git-gui
>  + GUI for creating repository in git-gui
>  + filename encoding (in repository vs in filesystem)
>  + git push --create
>  + wholesame directory rename detection
>  + graphical merge tool integrated with git-gui
>  + union checkouts (some files from one branch, some from other)
>  + advisory locking / "this file is being edited"
>  + "commands issued" (or "command equivalents") in git-gui / gitk
>  + warn before/when rewriting published history
>  + built-in gitjour/bananajour support
>  + syntax highlighting in git-gui
> 
>  + other (describe below)
> 
> NOTES:
> ^^^^^^
> What features should be mentioned besides those above?  What criteria
> should we have for including features in this list?

How about adding:

 + improved submodule support

 ?

Cheers Heiko