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Re: rfc - Changing the way gitk and git-gui are managed

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Avery Pennarun <apenwarr@gmail.com>
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Jul 23, 2010, 06:16 UTC
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On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 12:04 AM, Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 21:39, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
>> Somebody off-list suggested removing gitk and git-gui directories from my
>> repository and I've been playing with the idea and kind of like the end
>> result.
>
> The neighboring thread [0] about git subtree seems highly relevant to
> this decision. Avery, do you perhaps any additional insights wrt this
> particular use case?
Only this: Junio said that there are no major downsides to this change
- and given the slow pace of change in gitk/git-gui, this is probably
true - but are there any *upsides*?  What problem does this solve?

git-submodule and git-subtree solve different problems, so which one is "better" depends on the problem to be solved. As a mostly-just-user of git, whatever is currently being done is super convenient and easy for me and I wouldn't ask for any change at all. Obviously it might be very different from Junio's point of view :)

Have fun,
Avery
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  1. Junio C HamanoJul 23, 2010
  2. Sverre RabbelierJul 23, 2010
  3. Avery PennarunJul 23, 2010
  4. Jeff KingJul 27, 2010
  5. Avery PennarunJul 27, 2010
  6. Jeff KingJul 27, 2010
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  17. Jonathan NiederJul 24, 2010
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