Re: [PATCH 6/6] Teach core object handling functions about gitlinks

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To: Martin Waitz <tali@...>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...>, Git Mailing List <git@...>, Junio C Hamano <junkio@...>
Date: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 - 9:57 pm

On Apr 11, 2007, at 7:54 PM, Martin Waitz wrote:


Why can't can't we extend checkout with an option to look for an  
enclosing git project, find the gitlink in the index, and check out  
that commit?  That allows you to return to the original state without  
needing to bother with new special branches.

And instead of recording the path in a .gitmodules file, why not a  
list of git directories we search for the commit?  Allows moving of  
subprojects without suddenly breaking configuration files.  When we  
find the appropriate git dir, we can use a .gitlink file or symlinks  
to attach the directory to it's repository.

I dislike moving git in the direction of enforcing more policy  
instead of less, and of making it less capable of handling content  
movement instead of more.

~~ Brian
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[PATCH 0/6] Initial subproject support (RFC?), Linus Torvalds, (Tue Apr 10, 12:12 am)
Re: [PATCH 0/6] Initial subproject support (RFC?), Linus Torvalds, (Tue Apr 10, 12:46 am)
Re: [PATCH 0/6] Initial subproject support (RFC?), Alex Riesen, (Tue Apr 10, 9:04 am)
Re: [PATCH 0/6] Initial subproject support (RFC?), Martin Waitz, (Wed Apr 11, 4:32 am)
Re: [PATCH 0/6] Initial subproject support (RFC?), Alex Riesen, (Wed Apr 11, 4:42 am)
Re: [PATCH 0/6] Initial subproject support (RFC?), Martin Waitz, (Wed Apr 11, 4:57 am)
Re: [PATCH 0/6] Initial subproject support (RFC?), Linus Torvalds, (Tue Apr 10, 11:13 am)
Re: [PATCH 0/6] Initial subproject support (RFC?), Alex Riesen, (Tue Apr 10, 11:48 am)
Re: [PATCH 0/6] Initial subproject support (RFC?), Linus Torvalds, (Tue Apr 10, 12:07 pm)
Re: [PATCH 0/6] Initial subproject support (RFC?), Junio C Hamano, (Tue Apr 10, 3:32 pm)
Re: [PATCH 0/6] Initial subproject support (RFC?), Linus Torvalds, (Tue Apr 10, 4:11 pm)
Re: [PATCH 0/6] Initial subproject support (RFC?), Junio C Hamano, (Tue Apr 10, 4:52 pm)
Re: [PATCH 0/6] Initial subproject support (RFC?), Sam Ravnborg, (Tue Apr 10, 5:02 pm)
Re: [PATCH 0/6] Initial subproject support (RFC?), Junio C Hamano, (Tue Apr 10, 5:27 pm)
Re: [PATCH 0/6] Initial subproject support (RFC?), Nicolas Pitre, (Tue Apr 10, 5:03 pm)
Re: [PATCH 0/6] Initial subproject support (RFC?), J. Bruce Fields, (Sun Apr 15, 7:21 pm)
Re: [PATCH 0/6] Initial subproject support (RFC?), Alex Riesen, (Tue Apr 10, 12:43 pm)
Re: [PATCH 6/6] Teach core object handling functions about g..., Josef Weidendorfer, (Thu Apr 12, 11:12 am)
Re: [PATCH 6/6] Teach core object handling functions about g..., Brian Gernhardt, (Wed Apr 11, 9:57 pm)
Re: [PATCH 6/6] Teach core object handling functions about g..., Josef Weidendorfer, (Tue Apr 10, 12:28 pm)
Re: [PATCH 6/6] Teach core object handling functions about g..., Josef Weidendorfer, (Tue Apr 10, 3:29 pm)
Re: [PATCH 6/6] Teach core object handling functions about g..., Josef Weidendorfer, (Tue Apr 10, 1:23 pm)
Re: [PATCH 6/6] Teach core object handling functions about g..., Frank Lichtenheld, (Tue Apr 10, 4:40 am)
[PATCH 5/6] Teach "fsck" not to follow subproject links, Linus Torvalds, (Tue Apr 10, 12:15 am)
Re: [PATCH 5/6] Teach "fsck" not to follow subproject links, Junio C Hamano, (Wed Apr 11, 10:00 pm)
Re: [PATCH 5/6] Teach "fsck" not to follow subproject links, Junio C Hamano, (Wed Apr 11, 10:06 pm)
Re: [PATCH 5/6] Teach "fsck" not to follow subproject links, Linus Torvalds, (Wed Apr 11, 10:28 pm)
Re: [PATCH 5/6] Teach "fsck" not to follow subproject links, Linus Torvalds, (Wed Apr 11, 10:14 pm)
Re: [PATCH 5/6] Teach "fsck" not to follow subproject links, Linus Torvalds, (Fri Apr 13, 11:23 am)
Re: [PATCH 5/6] Teach "fsck" not to follow subproject links, Junio C Hamano, (Wed Apr 11, 10:30 pm)
[PATCH 3/6] Add 'resolve_gitlink_ref()' helper function, Linus Torvalds, (Tue Apr 10, 12:14 am)
Re: [PATCH 3/6] Add 'resolve_gitlink_ref()' helper function, Linus Torvalds, (Tue Apr 10, 10:58 am)
Re: [PATCH 3/6] Add 'resolve_gitlink_ref()' helper function, Josef Weidendorfer, (Tue Apr 10, 11:54 am)
Re: [PATCH 3/6] Add 'resolve_gitlink_ref()' helper function, Linus Torvalds, (Tue Apr 10, 11:52 am)
Re: [PATCH 3/6] Add 'resolve_gitlink_ref()' helper function, Linus Torvalds, (Tue Apr 10, 12:16 pm)