Re: git-p4 workflow suggestions?

[Sam Hocevar <sam@zoy.org>]

On Tue, Mar 10, 2009, Christian Couder wrote:
> >    I have modified git and git-p4 to a point where they are usable in
> > my work environment. I am now faced with a new problem: Perforce's
> > composite workspaces. They allow you to "mount" parts of the repo onto
> > other directories, even nonempty ones.
> 
> It looks like SVN externals. So I think you should read about "git 
> submodule".
> 
> There is this related link on the wiki:
> 
> http://blog.alieniloquent.com/2008/03/08/git-svn-with-svnexternals/

   Unfortunately submodules are considered separate repositories, so if
I have /include and /src as submodules, I cannot commit atomically to
both. Or can I? That's probably my strongest requirement.

> You may also want to search the mailing list as this subject has often been 
> discussed.

   I did skim through the archives, but couldn't find much. There was
this discussion: http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/git/2006/11/28/231515
where the idea of Perforce-like workspaces was apparently dismissed as
being "a mess".

Cheers,
-- 
Sam.