From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ping Yin Subject: Re: git subtree: an alternative to git submodule Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 23:55:37 +0800 Message-ID: <46dff0320905180855n1d772cb8sea69c7d5f47713e3@mail.gmail.com> References: <1241822349-27470-1-git-send-email-apenwarr@gmail.com> <32541b130905150909h7e596f26w7db6887e7f4267ff@mail.gmail.com> <7vzldes0ce.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> <32541b130905151131h76048ff2o418764aa41bcd13b@mail.gmail.com> <46dff0320905180855m3e1bd74esb564af0fbcf4b1ff@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: Junio C Hamano , git@vger.kernel.org, Johannes Schindelin To: Avery Pennarun X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Mon May 18 17:55:46 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1M65Bq-0001mC-1J for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Mon, 18 May 2009 17:55:46 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753450AbZERPzh convert rfc822-to-quoted-printable (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 May 2009 11:55:37 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753157AbZERPzg (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 May 2009 11:55:36 -0400 Received: from yw-out-2324.google.com ([74.125.46.29]:28622 "EHLO yw-out-2324.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753114AbZERPzg convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 May 2009 11:55:36 -0400 Received: by yw-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 5so2023379ywb.1 for ; Mon, 18 May 2009 08:55:37 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=h1ICpm7N/bek1PN2leWHKEEoh1JotvUwIrVWJFALVKk=; b=rdI8/Yrcq05cC70Mgn/bEOdJab1BwqVcTjDzHVjxf0JoXl/LbGwyEG7zVmZKiTVymL OwhV8GWfTdNsjhti6+Q9eQZfl7ywDq9m9sRaFWT2q/+OR8zrOUbLoRfvqC0FdahUmReW VJbkieSltOuw/CHYhLR6+DyRnRFdJrsoITgZI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=bj4HCTKDK/88mDKfX8wUAi+eTgQlISZVqeQKS+DepwBUXlIf2SNwMvZVui2hCEGwv6 Qe/Rqt6LBRGZDOXwONHi7ninXPnr+rKuc722AawbyZk6Zd6ks/0iQcexj86rZ9dOqagq fgH+2oxRwgibi8pZ5hoWU83CeGo2kE/m4+aAA= Received: by 10.90.65.14 with SMTP id n14mr6006019aga.108.1242662137792; Mon, 18 May 2009 08:55:37 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <46dff0320905180855m3e1bd74esb564af0fbcf4b1ff@mail.gmail.com> Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Ping Yin On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 11:55 PM, Ping Yin wrote: > On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 2:31 AM, Avery Pennarun = wrote: >> On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 2:11 PM, Junio C Hamano = wrote: >>> Avery Pennarun writes: >>>> ... =C2=A0Obviously I would need to write a man page, but I've bee= n >>>> hesitant to do that in case people have suggestions that need the >>>> whole UI to change. =C2=A0Perhaps that's a chicken-and-egg problem= , though,... >>> >>> If you fear that you might get into a situation that the UI _must_ = change >>> because it does not fit people's needs or workflows, that is a sign= that >>> the UI and the workflow it was designed to support may not have bee= n well >>> thought out yet. =C2=A0At least, you do not even _know_ if it is we= ll thought >>> out or not. =C2=A0It is understandable that people would say "sound= s cool, >>> could potentially be good, but I'll wait and see if it is real" and= leave. >> >> Well, I'm already using it myself in my own projects and I like it. >> So I'm pretty confident that it is *a* useful workflow. =C2=A0Whethe= r it's >> useful for others is a good question, and the only way to know the >> answer is to put it out there. >> >> But I'm at a bit of a loss as to why so many people (er, as compared >> to none) seem to have gotten excited about the tool, but then it >> fizzled. =C2=A0This implies to me that something is missing. =C2=A0P= erhaps it's >> just the documentation; I'll work on that next, then. >> > > It's really a cool feature, but i havn't tried it. Why? > > It will spends me some time saving and applying the patches and then > testing it (i don't have the appropriate environment setuped). But I > am busy and there is no urgent need to use this feature ( it is only = a > rare case for me). =C2=A0So i will wait until i need the feature or t= here > is an easy to fetch the code ( pu of official reposotory or other > repository with these patches applied). > > I don't whether this is a common reason, but at least it is the reaso= n for me. > s/dont't/don't know/