Re: Avery Pennarun's git-subtree?

From: Avery Pennarun <apenwarr@gmail.com>
Date: Jul 22, 2010, 21:33 UTC
Message-ID: <AANLkTil2ZHsV-PH46wfeqqvB27akRw3egDWRtJbIPLXb@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTilhKR5wuJPPIF1SiRcTJ0fmz1oqp_NfuSSuKMOn@mail.gmail.com>

On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 4:17 PM, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> wrote:

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> 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.

Have fun,

Avery

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