From: Johannes Schindelin Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2006 10:02:58 GMT Subject: Re: What's in git.git Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <7vk62ewtxd.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> Hi, On Wed, 1 Nov 2006, Junio C Hamano wrote: > * The 'pu' branch, in addition, has these. > > Johannes's "shallow" was marked as "pu" material so I've based > the series on the tip of "next" (which means we cannot > directly merge that into "next" or "master" without rebasing > it to "master" first) and parked it in "pu". I have given > only a cursory look to it but it looks promising. Note that I have no use for shallow clones myself, since I really like to have the complete history around. It also makes for a nice distributed backup solution. The reasons I did it: - 'cause I could - I think it is important for other people (this means you, Jon) - I suggested lazy clones as an easy way out, but I am now convinced that they introduce more problems than they solve. Therefore I wanted to make good for the confusion I helped develop. Since I do not have any use for shallow clones myself, I am waiting for people to jump on it, test it, and shout "Hooray" or "Nacknacknack". Ciao, Dscho