git subtree push-all and pull-all

> Hello,
> 
> I see over the last year (on the web and in this mailing list) there
> was some activity to extend subtree with a .gittrees file and
> push-all/pull-all commands.
> 
> Perhaps I missed it, but looking through the latest git code on the
> github mirror I can't find any reference to the .gittrees file or
> these commands.
> 
> Does anyone know the status of this feature? Was it decided that this
> was a bad idea and the feature has been rejected? Or is this a feature
> still "cooking"...which will likely make it into git mainline at some
> point?
> 
> I ask because I would like to use something like this to be able to
> keep a combined repository and separate project repositories in sync.
> Of course, if it was decided that this feature is fundamentally a bad
> idea then I will do something different.
> 
> Any pointers would be a big help.
> 
> thanks in advance,
> Gareth Collins

> On Wed, Jul 03, 2013 at 03:56:36PM -0400, Gareth Collins wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I see over the last year (on the web and in this mailing list) there
>> was some activity to extend subtree with a .gittrees file and
>> push-all/pull-all commands.
>>
>> Perhaps I missed it, but looking through the latest git code on the
>> github mirror I can't find any reference to the .gittrees file or
>> these commands.
>>
>> Does anyone know the status of this feature? Was it decided that this
>> was a bad idea and the feature has been rejected? Or is this a feature
>> still "cooking"...which will likely make it into git mainline at some
>> point?
>>
>> I ask because I would like to use something like this to be able to
>> keep a combined repository and separate project repositories in sync.
>> Of course, if it was decided that this feature is fundamentally a bad
>> idea then I will do something different.
>>
>> Any pointers would be a big help.
>>
>> thanks in advance,
>> Gareth Collins
>
> Still no answer to this? I suggest that you CC the persons discussing
> this the last time.
>
> --
> Med vänliga hälsningar
> Fredrik Gustafsson
>
> tel: 0733-608274
> e-post: iveqy@iveqy.com

>
> thanks again,
> Gareth
>
> On Sun, Jul 7, 2013 at 8:54 AM, Fredrik Gustafsson <iveqy@iveqy.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, Jul 03, 2013 at 03:56:36PM -0400, Gareth Collins wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I see over the last year (on the web and in this mailing list) there
>>> was some activity to extend subtree with a .gittrees file and
>>> push-all/pull-all commands.
>>>
>>> Perhaps I missed it, but looking through the latest git code on the
>>> github mirror I can't find any reference to the .gittrees file or
>>> these commands.
>>>
>>> Does anyone know the status of this feature? Was it decided that this
>>> was a bad idea and the feature has been rejected? Or is this a feature
>>> still "cooking"...which will likely make it into git mainline at some
>>> point?
>>>
>>> I ask because I would like to use something like this to be able to
>>> keep a combined repository and separate project repositories in sync.
>>> Of course, if it was decided that this feature is fundamentally a bad
>>> idea then I will do something different.
>>>
>>> Any pointers would be a big help.
>>>
>>> thanks in advance,
>>> Gareth Collins
>> Still no answer to this? I suggest that you CC the persons discussing
>> this the last time.
>>
>> --
>> Med vänliga hälsningar
>> Fredrik Gustafsson
>>
>> tel: 0733-608274
>> e-post: iveqy@iveqy.com

> On 08-07-13 17:20, Gareth Collins wrote:
>>
>> Hello Fredrik,
>>
>> Thanks for the suggestion! Adding in Paul Campbell and Herman Van Rink
>> who worked on this before.
>
>
> Paul Campbell has been working hard on multiple branches in
> https://github.com/kemitix/git
> But work appears to have stopped. :(
>
> There is also a recent blogpost:
> http://ruleant.blogspot.nl/2013/06/git-subtree-module-with-gittrees-config.html
>
> Thanks for your interest, I'd love to see this get integrated....
>
>
>>
>> thanks again,
>> Gareth
>>
>> On Sun, Jul 7, 2013 at 8:54 AM, Fredrik Gustafsson <iveqy@iveqy.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jul 03, 2013 at 03:56:36PM -0400, Gareth Collins wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I see over the last year (on the web and in this mailing list) there
>>>> was some activity to extend subtree with a .gittrees file and
>>>> push-all/pull-all commands.
>>>>
>>>> Perhaps I missed it, but looking through the latest git code on the
>>>> github mirror I can't find any reference to the .gittrees file or
>>>> these commands.
>>>>
>>>> Does anyone know the status of this feature? Was it decided that this
>>>> was a bad idea and the feature has been rejected? Or is this a feature
>>>> still "cooking"...which will likely make it into git mainline at some
>>>> point?
>>>>
>>>> I ask because I would like to use something like this to be able to
>>>> keep a combined repository and separate project repositories in sync.
>>>> Of course, if it was decided that this feature is fundamentally a bad
>>>> idea then I will do something different.
>>>>
>>>> Any pointers would be a big help.
>>>>
>>>> thanks in advance,
>>>> Gareth Collins
>>>
>>> Still no answer to this? I suggest that you CC the persons discussing
>>> this the last time.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Med vänliga hälsningar
>>> Fredrik Gustafsson
>>>
>>> tel: 0733-608274
>>> e-post: iveqy@iveqy.com
>
>
>
> --
>
> Met vriendelijke groet / Regards,
>
> Herman van Rink
> Initfour websolutions
>

> Hi,
>
> Sorry for the delay. Not been monitoring the list lately.
>
> I'm afraid work stopped for two reasons. Lack of interest from the
> list was the main one. I understand subtree isn't used much and
> subsequently there wasn't much interest in reviewing the patches I was
> putting out. As a result I lost interest.
>

> On 22-07-13 21:35, Paul Campbell wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Sorry for the delay. Not been monitoring the list lately.
>>
>> I'm afraid work stopped for two reasons. Lack of interest from the
>> list was the main one. I understand subtree isn't used much and
>> subsequently there wasn't much interest in reviewing the patches I was
>> putting out. As a result I lost interest.
>>
>
> It seems to be hard to get anything done on such a busy list. :( Especially
> when the maintainers lack time/attention for such a contrib.
>
> I think including it in the contrib folder has not done us any good.
>
> Maybe we should just focus on maintaining a separate repo, which could be
> based of https://github.com/apenwarr/git-subtree (which has already 92
> forks, including one of mine). And obviously integrate all the recent work
> from Paul.
>
>
> --
>
> Met vriendelijke groet / Regards,
>
> Herman van Rink
> Initfour websolutions
>