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Re: Avery Pennarun's git-subtree?

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Jens Lehmann <jens.lehmann@web.de>
Date
Jul 23, 2010, 15:10 UTC
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Am 22.07.2010 23:33, schrieb Avery Pennarun:
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> On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 4:17 PM, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
> <avarab@gmail.com> wrote:
>> But it's also clear that we have a lot of tribal knowledge about the
>> lackings of git submodule / git subtree. It would be *really* useful
>> if people like Avery and Jens which have obviously thought hard about
>> the submodule/subtree issues would draft up some (calmly written) docs
>> about how the two differ (with comparison tables etc.).
>>
>> That'd be a very helpful resource for Git users in deciding which one
>> to use.
> 
> I think I'm too biased to write that, but if someone else wants to
> take the lead, I could certainly contribute.

While I don't consider myself biased, I just don't know enough about the details of the subtree approach to write that.

But I would certainly contribute to the submodule side of such a document too.

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Message 17 of 58 in “Avery Pennarun's git-subtree?”
  1. Bryan LarsenJul 21, 2010
  2. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJul 21, 2010
  3. Avery PennarunJul 21, 2010
  4. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJul 21, 2010
  5. Avery PennarunJul 21, 2010
  6. Avery PennarunJul 21, 2010
  7. Jens LehmannJul 21, 2010
  8. Avery PennarunJul 22, 2010
  9. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJul 21, 2010
  10. Bryan LarsenJul 22, 2010
  11. Jakub NarebskiJul 24, 2010
  12. Avery PennarunJul 22, 2010
  13. Jonathan NiederJul 22, 2010
  14. Avery PennarunJul 22, 2010
  15. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJul 22, 2010
  16. Avery PennarunJul 22, 2010
  17. Jens LehmannJul 23, 2010
  18. Eugene SajineJul 26, 2010
  19. Elijah NewrenJul 22, 2010
  20. Avery PennarunJul 22, 2010
  21. Chris WebbJul 23, 2010
  22. Avery PennarunJul 23, 2010
  23. Jens LehmannJul 23, 2010
  24. Avery PennarunJul 23, 2010
  25. Jens LehmannJul 23, 2010
  26. Jens LehmannJul 23, 2010
  27. Bryan LarsenJul 23, 2010
  28. Jens LehmannJul 23, 2010
  29. Bryan LarsenJul 23, 2010
  30. Avery PennarunJul 23, 2010
  31. Jens LehmannJul 25, 2010
  32. Avery PennarunJul 27, 2010
  33. Jens LehmannJul 27, 2010
  34. Marc BranchaudJul 23, 2010
  35. Avery PennarunJul 23, 2010
  36. skillzero@gmail.comJul 24, 2010
  37. Avery PennarunJul 24, 2010
  38. skillzero@gmail.comJul 24, 2010
  39. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyJul 25, 2010
  40. Jakub NarebskiJul 28, 2010
  41. Jakub NarebskiJul 26, 2010
  42. Marc BranchaudJul 26, 2010
  43. Linus TorvaldsJul 26, 2010
  44. Bryan LarsenJul 26, 2010
  45. Linus TorvaldsJul 26, 2010
  46. Avery PennarunJul 27, 2010
  47. Junio C HamanoJul 27, 2010
  48. Avery PennarunJul 27, 2010
  49. Junio C HamanoJul 27, 2010
  50. Jens LehmannJul 27, 2010
  51. Jakub NarebskiJul 26, 2010
  52. Avery PennarunJul 27, 2010
  53. Marc BranchaudJul 28, 2010
  54. Jakub NarebskiJul 28, 2010
  55. Sverre RabbelierJul 24, 2010
  56. Jakub NarebskiJul 26, 2010
  57. Avery PennarunJul 27, 2010
  58. Marc BranchaudJul 26, 2010

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