Re: git subtree: an alternative to git submodule
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Ping Yin <pkufranky@gmail.com>
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- May 18, 2009, 15:55 UTC
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On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 2:31 AM, Avery Pennarun <apenwarr@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 2:11 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote: >> Avery Pennarun <apenwarr@gmail.com> writes: >>> ... Obviously I would need to write a man page, but I've been >>> hesitant to do that in case people have suggestions that need the >>> whole UI to change. Perhaps that's a chicken-and-egg problem, though,... >> >> If you fear that you might get into a situation that the UI _must_ change >> because it does not fit people's needs or workflows, that is a sign that >> the UI and the workflow it was designed to support may not have been well >> thought out yet. At least, you do not even _know_ if it is well thought >> out or not. It is understandable that people would say "sounds cool, >> could potentially be good, but I'll wait and see if it is real" and leave. > > Well, I'm already using it myself in my own projects and I like it. > So I'm pretty confident that it is *a* useful workflow. Whether it's > useful for others is a good question, and the only way to know the > answer is to put it out there. > > But I'm at a bit of a loss as to why so many people (er, as compared > to none) seem to have gotten excited about the tool, but then it > fizzled. This implies to me that something is missing. Perhaps it's > just the documentation; I'll work on that next, then. >
It's really a cool feature, but i havn't tried it. Why?
It will spends me some time saving and applying the patches and then testing it (i don't have the appropriate environment setuped). But I am busy and there is no urgent need to use this feature ( it is only a rare case for me). So i will wait until i need the feature or there is an easy to fetch the code ( pu of official reposotory or other repository with these patches applied).
I don't whether this is a common reason, but at least it is the reason for me.