Re: basics... when reading docs doesn't help

From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Mar 30, 2007, 20:39 UTC
Message-ID: <7v7isy1n4z.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.60.0703302135590.10784@poirot.grange>

Guennadi Liakhovetski <g.liakhovetski@gmx.de> writes:

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>> Yeah, this is all a bit complex, and it takes a while to wrap your head 
>> around it, but I have to say, once you do, the git-1.5.x layout really 
>> *is* very powerful, and it's actually very natural too (but the "very 
>> natural" part only comes after you have that "Aaahh!" moment!)
>
> Aha, so, that's how it is then! Why hasn't anybody explained this to me 
> strait away?!:-))))

Because I and others have explained that to other people on the list a few times already, perhaps? The list archive is your friend.

> .... There isn't a way to convert such a "old style" tree to the 
> "new style", is there?

That also can be found in the list archive. I think Shawn Pearce wrote that script using contrib/remotes2config.sh from the git.git project source tree.