From: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:32:16 GMT
Subject: Re: git-subtree
Message-ID: <CALkWK0k+AwCsizZFwbKKxuz0B4xLoyC4hAy3WRD=sLCq-HvvCw@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <87ipkq199w.fsf@smith.obbligato.org>

Hi again,

[+CC: Junio Hamano, our maintainer]

David A. Greene wrote:
> I've read that document.  The issue is that I didn't develop the code,
> Avery did.

Not an issue as long as you have Avery's signoff.

> It's a lot of time to learn a
> completely new codebase.  I was hoping to submit something soon and then
> learn the codebase gradually during maintenance/further development.

We certainly don't want badly reviewed code that nobody understands
floating around in the codebase- so, I'd suggest sending out whatever
you think is appropriate for the first round of reviews, and see how
things shape up from there.

> How have completely new tools be introduced into the git mainline in the
> past?

Yes.  For an example of something I was involved with but didn't
author, see vcs-svn/.

-- Ram