Re: Git drawbacks?

[Jacob Helwig <jacob.helwig@gmail.com>]

On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 09:35, Dmitry Smirnov <divis1969@gmail.com> wrote:
> No, #2 is about the repository slicing, branching, merging (SCM in other words).
> Let's suppose I have the product that have 2 directories: component1 and
> component2. They were developing together for  previous product (on the same
> branch, for example). Now, I would like to have component1 and replace
> component2 with some 3rd party component. What should I do with Git to get this?
> Or maybe I wish to stick with some version of component2 and provide only bug
> fixes for this product...
> Or let's take a look at GDB. They are using binutils which are in separate
> repository (they use CVS, but let's imagine they use Git). How many effors they
> will need for SCM? For example, they would prefer to stick to some stable
> version/branch of the binutils but should be able to commit bug fixes.
>
> Once again, perhaps there is some way to do this with Git? I did not yet find
> it.
>

Sounds like you want submodules.  Check out the git-submodule(1) manpage.