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Re: [RFC/PATCH] add update to branch support for "floating submodules"

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GBGioele Barabucci <gioele@svario.it>
Date
Dec 10, 2011, 14:16 UTC
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On 09/11/2011 18:01, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> This is almost ready but I would like to know what users of the
>> "floating submodule" think about this.
 >
> I do like to hear from potential users as well, because the general
> impression we got was that floating submodules is not a real need of
> anybody,

Floating modules are something much sought after by those who use Git for non-development purposes, like those who have most of their $HOME versioned with Git [1]. For example, part of what Joey Hess's `mr` tool [2] does is to simulate floating submodules for Git-versioned $HOMEs.

In the context of versioned $HOMEs, or with backups in general, precise tracking of submodules updates is not that important. To quote [3]: «Last, change tracking is a bit more lenient with home directories. I may shuffle some stuff around, and I don't need to explain the changes to anyone else.». In my case, I want my ~/Documents dir (that is in a different repo from $HOME) to be always updated; I would prefer not to deal with submodule updates, merges and detached HEADs.

Bye,

[1] http://vcs-home.branchable.com/ [2] http://kitenet.net/~joey/code/mr/ [3] http://joshcarter.com/productivity/svn_hg_git_for_home_directory

-- Gioele Barabucci <gioele@svario.it>

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Message 27 of 27 in “add update to branch support for "floating submodules"”
  1. add update to branch support for "floating submodules"Heiko Voigt, Nov 9, 2011
  2. Junio C HamanoNov 9, 2011
  3. Heiko VoigtNov 29, 2011
  4. Leif GruenwoldtDec 10, 2011
  5. Jonathan NiederDec 10, 2011
  6. Junio C HamanoDec 10, 2011
  7. Leif GruenwoldtDec 10, 2011
  8. Andreas T.AuerDec 12, 2011
  9. Leif GruenwoldtDec 12, 2011
  10. Andreas T.AuerDec 12, 2011
  11. Leif GruenwoldtDec 12, 2011
  12. Jens LehmannDec 12, 2011
  13. Phil HordDec 12, 2011
  14. Marc BranchaudDec 13, 2011
  15. Jens LehmannDec 13, 2011
  16. Marc BranchaudDec 13, 2011
  17. Junio C HamanoDec 12, 2011
  18. Phil HordDec 13, 2011
  19. Jens LehmannDec 13, 2011
  20. Phil HordJan 30, 2012
  21. Jens LehmannJan 31, 2012
  22. Phil HordJan 31, 2012
  23. Jens LehmannFeb 1, 2012
  24. Phil HordFeb 6, 2012
  25. Jens LehmannFeb 6, 2012
  26. Brandon CaseyDec 13, 2011
  27. Gioele BarabucciDec 10, 2011

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