From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.176.0/21 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.5 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MSGID_FROM_MTA_HEADER,RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 From: Junio C Hamano Subject: Re: git bug? + question Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2006 11:28:59 -0800 Message-ID: <7vvelw72is.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> References: <20061103074857.GA15972@diana.vm.bytemark.co.uk> <7v3b90gbfv.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> <200611030909.02564.andyparkins@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2006 19:29:35 +0000 (UTC) Cc: git@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org In-Reply-To: <200611030909.02564.andyparkins@gmail.com> (Andy Parkins's message of "Fri, 3 Nov 2006 10:09:00 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Gg4iw-0006w8-TE for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Fri, 03 Nov 2006 20:29:07 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753469AbWKCT3D (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Nov 2006 14:29:03 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753486AbWKCT3D (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Nov 2006 14:29:03 -0500 Received: from fed1rmmtao05.cox.net ([68.230.241.34]:12188 "EHLO fed1rmmtao05.cox.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753469AbWKCT3B (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Nov 2006 14:29:01 -0500 Received: from fed1rmimpo01.cox.net ([70.169.32.71]) by fed1rmmtao05.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.06.01 201-2131-130-101-20060113) with ESMTP id <20061103192900.JAEO18816.fed1rmmtao05.cox.net@fed1rmimpo01.cox.net>; Fri, 3 Nov 2006 14:29:00 -0500 Received: from assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net ([68.5.247.80]) by fed1rmimpo01.cox.net with bizsmtp id iKUf1V0041kojtg0000000 Fri, 03 Nov 2006 14:28:39 -0500 To: Andy Parkins Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Andy Parkins writes: > On Friday 2006 November 03 08:51, Junio C Hamano wrote: > >> time, switch between them only to compile, test and install but >> never develop on them" workflow is rather specific to top-level >> maintainer's workflow and that is why I said defaulting to >> separate-remote would be an inconvenience to a minority. > > This is only a question of the default; why couldn't you (when > it exists) use? > > git clone --dont-use-separate-remote URL Because I do not need it ;-). If we switch the default to separate-remote, I'd just let clone to lay it out that way and then update the ref layout myself to suit my needs. So it is really just the matter of deciding which is more appropriate default for the majority.