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Re: Submodules or similar for exercise/exam management

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Nov 18, 2010, 22:32 UTC
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Jens Lehmann <Jens.Lehmann@web.de> writes:
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>> 3) never need to be aware of repo boundaries or manipulate sub-repo
>
> I think that this requirement is the hardest for any solution I know
> of or can imagine, as you hit these boundaries sooner or later either
> when you want to commit, push and/or when you have to resolve merge
> conflicts.

Just a quick sanity check. When this "requirement" makes sense, does the whole thing need to be a superproject with bunch of submodules, and why?

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  1. Thomas RastNov 18, 2010
  2. Seth RobertsonNov 18, 2010
  3. Thomas RastNov 22, 2010
  4. Jens LehmannNov 18, 2010
  5. Junio C HamanoNov 18, 2010
  6. Jonathan NiederNov 18, 2010
  7. Thomas RastNov 22, 2010

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