From: Konrad Karl <kk_konrad@gmx.at>
To: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
Cc: Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: multiple .gitignore and friends in same workdir possible?
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 20:29:59 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100423182959.GA1178localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4BD1C1F6.9070908@drmicha.warpmail.net>
On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 05:51:18PM +0200, Michael J Gruber wrote:
> Konrad Karl venit, vidit, dixit 23.04.2010 17:03:
> > On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 04:50:21PM +0200, Michael J Gruber wrote:
> >> Konrad Karl venit, vidit, dixit 23.04.2010 16:32:
> >>> Hi
> >>>
> >>> On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 03:01:42PM +0200, Sverre Rabbelier wrote:
> .........
> > Because this information does not getting transfered with git clone.
> >
> > People have the chance to forget to set this variable after cloning the
> > source repo and they will.
>
> ...and the same is true for setting GIT_DIR appropriately for each repo
> - people will commit to the wrong repo, which is even worse. That's why
> it's a fragile approach to begin with. Is there no chance you could put
> those libs in subdirs and use git modules?
the chance exists for the future but the existing build system does not
support it (especially for older releases which I would like to be able
to rebuild as is).
I think a script with a prominent name in the workdir which will set
the git variable will be the next convenient solution which we can live with.
thanks for your input,
Konrad
>
> Michael
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2010-04-23 13:01 ` multiple .gitignore and friends in same workdir possible? Sverre Rabbelier
2010-04-23 14:32 ` Konrad Karl
2010-04-23 14:50 ` Michael J Gruber
2010-04-23 15:03 ` Konrad Karl
2010-04-23 15:51 ` Michael J Gruber
2010-04-23 18:29 ` Konrad Karl
2010-04-23 18:29 ` Konrad Karl [this message]
2010-04-23 15:03 ` Konrad Karl
2010-04-23 14:32 ` Konrad Karl
2010-04-23 12:46 Konrad Karl
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2010-04-23 12:46 Konrad Karl
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