Re: [git subtree] documentation and new --squash mode

[Sitaram Chamarty <sitaramc@gmail.com>]

On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 10:12 PM, Avery Pennarun <apenwarr@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 3:12 AM, Sitaram Chamarty <sitaramc@gmail.com> wrote:
> > As I understand the documentation (and past emails, snippets
> > of IRC traffic, etc) git subtree will help me do precisely
> > what I want -- a simple way to deal with this all-too-common
> > SVN-ism.  If not "simple", at least
> >
> >  - simpler than submodules, and
> >
> >  - no need for advance planning [1] about what parts will
> >    be subprojects.
>
> Well, I don't know that I'd go so far as to advise against advance
> planning :)  But git subtree does make it easy for you to change your
> mind later, that much is true.

Agreed, and that's good enough for me.

> You might still have some troubles if you rename subdirectories a lot;
> perhaps I don't understand it correctly, but the so-called file
> move/rename detection in git doesn't seem to be implemented
> everywhere. If you extract the history of a subdirectory that was
> previously renamed, you'll get only the history since it was renamed.
> (Which might be fine with you.  You can certainly still merge it back
> in afterwards.)

Did not know this; thanks -- will keep an eye out.

> Also, git-subtree might have bugs yet.  Watch out for that :)

:)

> git-subtree is certainly easier to use than filter-branch, IMHO.  Plus
> it helps you merge things back in afterwards, which filter-branch
> doesn't particularly.

All in all it does look like it will fulfill my purposes.  I will
probably use it myself a bit before telling people to use it of
course.

Thanks,

Sitaram