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Re: on subtree checkout

From
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Feb 26, 2008, 01:59 UTC
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<alpine.DEB.1.00.0802260156350.3322@eeepc-johanness>
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Hi,
On Sun, 24 Feb 2008, Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy wrote:
> I'm going to implement subtree checkout. The plan is to save "index
> prefix" in GIT_DIR/prefix and update git commands to use index prefix
> when accessing the index. If I'm heading a wrong way, stop me now.

As I wrote a long time ago already, I think the correct approach would be to reuse the code for the core.ignoreStat feature.

But I agree with others that you should think about sane implementations of rebase/merge with partial checkouts.

Ciao, Dscho

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  1. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyFeb 24, 2008
  2. Robin RosenbergFeb 24, 2008
  3. Jakub NarebskiFeb 24, 2008
  4. Robin RosenbergFeb 24, 2008
  5. Jakub NarebskiFeb 24, 2008
  6. Jakub NarebskiFeb 24, 2008
  7. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyFeb 24, 2008
  8. Jakub NarebskiFeb 24, 2008
  9. Matthieu MoyFeb 24, 2008
  10. Robin RosenbergFeb 24, 2008
  11. Johannes SchindelinFeb 26, 2008
  12. David SymondsFeb 26, 2008
  13. Johannes SchindelinFeb 26, 2008

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