Re: [DOCBUG] git subtree synopsis needs updating

From: Yann Dirson <dirson@bertin.fr>
Date: Oct 24, 2012, 14:29 UTC
Message-ID: <20121024162947.2c1edc50@chalon.bertin.fr>
In-Reply-To: <5082FE13.2000003@initfour.nl>

On Sat, 20 Oct 2012 21:40:03 +0200 Herman van Rink <rink@initfour.nl> wrote:

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> On 10/19/2012 03:21 PM, Yann Dirson wrote:
> > As the examples in git-subtree.txt show, the synopsis in the same file should
> > surely get a patch along the lines of:
> >
> > -'git subtree' add   -P <prefix> <commit>
> > +'git subtree' add   -P <prefix> <repository> <commit>
> >
> > Failure to specify the repository (by just specifying a local commit) fails with
> > the cryptic:
> >
> >  warning: read-tree: emptying the index with no arguments is deprecated; use --empty
> >  fatal: just how do you expect me to merge 0 trees?
> >
> >
> > Furthermore, the doc paragraph for add, aside from mentionning <repository>, also
> > mentions a <refspec> which the synopsis does not show either.
> >
> >
> > As a sidenote it someone wants to do some maintainance, using "." as repository when
> > the branch to subtree-add is already locally available does not work well either
> > (fails with "could not find ref myremote/myhead").
> >
> 
> The version of subtree in contrib is rather out-dated unfortunately.
> 
> I've collected a bunch of patches in
> https://github.com/helmo/git/tree/subtree-updates

Ah, it's nice to see subtree updates.  Any plans to get them merged anytime soon ?

I guess you may want to rebase the patches from https://github.com/helmo/git-subtree, the subtree-updates patch looks like a "subtree merge --squash" result, and is not really suitable for reviewing on the list.

> The documentation issue is also fixed in there.
>

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Yann Dirson - Bertin Technologies