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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] Initial subproject support (RFC?)
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On 4/10/07, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
> So I'd like this to be merged somewhere, not because "it works" or "it's
> complete", but because it's in a shape where I think a lot of people can
> start fixing small details.

It is already "merged somewhere": as soon as the patches left landed
on vger, it is not possible to loose (and even destroy) them.
The feature is just too much sought after.

> For example, with just two smallish updates:
>  - teach "git upload-pack" not to try to follow gitlinks
>  - teach "git read-tree" to check out a git-link as just an empty
>    subdirectory

which also should fix switching between the branches with subprojects.