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From: Andy Parkins <andyparkins@gmail.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org>, Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Subject: Re: What's in git.git (stable)
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 16:21:48 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200704271621.50257.andyparkins@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.0.98.0704270938000.6186@xanadu.home>

On Friday 2007 April 27, Nicolas Pitre wrote:

> I think it is reasonable to say that if you intend to work with a repo
> that contains references to submodules, then you need to upgrade your
> Git version.  It is not like if the Git licensing fees are really
> prohibitive.

:-)  Absolutely.

The case I was thinking about was when the server hosting your project doesn't 
have submodule support and isn't under your direct control.  For example: 
kernel.org and repo.or.cz.  The same is true for those people for whom the IT 
department manage their central server, and aren't very helpful.

In those cases, that repository is being used as storage, it's bare, doesn't 
have an index and doesn't ever checkout the files.  If submodule support were 
capable of being stored (not checked out) by an older git, then people can 
use submodules merely if they have support on the client side.

There's also the distributions to think about - taking Debian as an example - 
a lot of people stick with stable only (especially for servers) - and stable 
is stuck with 1.4.4.4.  It's going to be a long time before a 
submodule-capable git hits Debian stable.



Andy

-- 
Dr Andy Parkins, M Eng (hons), MIET
andyparkins@gmail.com

  reply	other threads:[~2007-04-27 15:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 262+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-04-16  1:27 What's in git.git (stable) Junio C Hamano
2007-04-18 23:58 ` Junio C Hamano
2007-04-22  6:22   ` Junio C Hamano
2007-04-23  7:04     ` Junio C Hamano
2007-04-27  8:34       ` Junio C Hamano
2007-04-27  9:19         ` Andy Parkins
2007-04-27 14:01           ` Nicolas Pitre
2007-04-27 15:21             ` Andy Parkins [this message]
2007-04-27 17:11           ` Linus Torvalds
2007-04-27 18:03             ` Andy Parkins
2007-04-27 18:12               ` Linus Torvalds
2007-04-29 18:33         ` Junio C Hamano
2007-04-30  4:15           ` J. Bruce Fields
2007-04-30  5:12             ` Junio C Hamano
2007-05-01  3:36               ` J. Bruce Fields
2007-05-06  8:53           ` Junio C Hamano
2007-05-07  0:59             ` Jakub Narebski
2007-05-07 13:33             ` Frank Lichtenheld
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2008-07-21  7:09 Junio C Hamano
2008-04-09  6:51 [ANNOUNCE] GIT 1.5.5 Junio C Hamano
2008-04-09  9:44 ` What's in git.git (stable) Junio C Hamano
2008-04-14  7:00   ` Junio C Hamano
2008-04-19  8:18     ` Junio C Hamano
2008-04-27  6:04       ` Junio C Hamano
2008-05-06  6:38         ` Junio C Hamano
2008-05-14 22:35           ` Junio C Hamano
2008-05-24  1:32             ` Junio C Hamano
2008-05-30 20:43               ` Junio C Hamano
2008-06-02  8:01                 ` Junio C Hamano
2008-06-13 10:10                   ` Junio C Hamano
2008-06-18  7:32                     ` Junio C Hamano
2008-06-18 10:59                       ` Jeff King
2008-06-21 10:06                       ` Junio C Hamano
2008-06-23  7:25                         ` Junio C Hamano
2008-06-25  9:34                           ` Junio C Hamano
2008-07-02  6:28                             ` Junio C Hamano
2008-07-06 10:04                               ` Junio C Hamano
2008-07-08  2:46                                 ` Junio C Hamano
2008-07-14  5:33                                   ` Junio C Hamano
2008-07-16  3:33                                     ` Junio C Hamano
2008-07-20  1:59                                       ` Junio C Hamano
2008-07-20 11:20                                         ` Lars Noschinski
2008-07-20 18:27                                           ` Junio C Hamano
2008-01-30  8:32 What's in git.git (stable frozen) Junio C Hamano
2008-02-12  7:25 ` What's in git.git Junio C Hamano
2008-02-17  3:56   ` What's in git.git (stable) Junio C Hamano
2008-02-17 13:39     ` Jakub Narebski
2008-02-17 20:45       ` Junio C Hamano
2008-02-17 20:51         ` Johannes Schindelin
2008-02-18  1:31           ` Junio C Hamano
2008-02-18  1:34             ` Johannes Schindelin
2008-02-18  1:43               ` Jeff King
2008-02-18  2:05                 ` Johannes Schindelin
2008-02-18  3:12                 ` Junio C Hamano
2008-02-18 11:15                   ` Jeff King
2008-02-21  4:16     ` Junio C Hamano
2008-02-25  8:42       ` Junio C Hamano
2008-02-28  0:43         ` Junio C Hamano
2008-03-03  2:06           ` Junio C Hamano
2008-03-06  6:02             ` Junio C Hamano
2008-03-08 10:08               ` Junio C Hamano
2008-03-09 10:46                 ` Junio C Hamano
2008-03-14  9:11                   ` Junio C Hamano
2008-03-23 10:08                     ` Junio C Hamano
2008-03-28  1:45                       ` Junio C Hamano
2008-03-31  8:39                         ` Junio C Hamano
2008-04-04 18:24                           ` Junio C Hamano
2008-04-05  3:13                             ` Shawn O. Pearce
2008-01-14  1:53 Junio C Hamano
2007-10-22  6:11 What's in git/spearce.git (stable) Shawn O. Pearce
2007-11-01  5:39 ` What's in git.git (stable) Junio C Hamano
2007-11-04  3:52   ` Junio C Hamano
2007-11-08  8:06     ` Junio C Hamano
2007-11-08 11:38       ` Pierre Habouzit
2007-11-12  7:06       ` Junio C Hamano
2007-11-15  0:20         ` Junio C Hamano
2007-11-17 21:00           ` Junio C Hamano
2007-11-25 20:45             ` Junio C Hamano
2007-12-01  2:05               ` Junio C Hamano
2007-12-04  8:43                 ` Junio C Hamano
2007-12-05 10:57                   ` Junio C Hamano
2007-12-07  9:50                     ` Junio C Hamano
2007-12-09 10:32                       ` Junio C Hamano
2007-09-06  8:52 Junio C Hamano
     [not found] ` <7v3axhd0lr.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>
2007-09-26 20:05   ` Junio C Hamano
2007-10-02  5:52     ` Junio C Hamano
2007-08-23  0:37 Junio C Hamano
2007-08-24  0:28 ` Jakub Narebski
2007-08-11  8:41 Junio C Hamano
2007-08-11  9:32 ` David Kastrup
2007-08-16  5:02 ` Junio C Hamano
2007-05-13 22:30 Junio C Hamano
2007-05-17  0:21 ` Junio C Hamano
2007-05-19  5:24   ` Junio C Hamano
2007-05-23 21:46     ` Junio C Hamano
2007-05-29 10:12       ` Junio C Hamano
2007-06-02 21:09         ` Junio C Hamano
2007-06-07  2:08           ` Junio C Hamano
2007-06-13 20:11             ` Junio C Hamano
2007-06-13 22:31               ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-06-14  7:12                 ` Johannes Sixt
2007-06-21  7:21               ` Junio C Hamano
2007-06-25  9:43                 ` Junio C Hamano
2007-07-02  0:16                   ` Junio C Hamano
2007-07-13  6:06                     ` What's in git.git Junio C Hamano
2007-07-28  8:47                       ` What's in git.git (stable) Junio C Hamano
2007-07-28  8:56                         ` David Kastrup
2007-07-28  9:02                           ` Junio C Hamano
2007-07-28  9:35                           ` David Kastrup
2007-07-29  3:16                             ` Theodore Tso
2007-07-29  9:05                               ` David Kastrup
2007-07-29 16:40                                 ` Theodore Tso
2007-07-29 11:27                               ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-07-28 12:28                         ` Thomas Glanzmann
2007-08-07  6:22                         ` Junio C Hamano
2007-05-09  8:46 Junio C Hamano
2007-04-09  8:17 Junio C Hamano
2007-03-31  9:34 Junio C Hamano
2007-03-31 11:54 ` Alex Riesen
2007-04-05  6:44 ` Junio C Hamano
2007-02-20  7:32 Junio C Hamano
2007-02-23  8:33 ` Junio C Hamano
2007-03-04 10:32   ` Junio C Hamano
2007-03-13  8:49     ` Junio C Hamano
2007-03-13  9:26       ` Junio C Hamano
2007-03-22 17:08       ` Steven Grimm
2007-03-22 21:30         ` Junio C Hamano
2007-03-25  8:32       ` Junio C Hamano
2007-02-14 23:54 Junio C Hamano
2007-02-07 23:21 [ANNOUNCE] GIT 1.5.0-rc4 Junio C Hamano
2007-02-13  5:15 ` What's in git.git (stable) Junio C Hamano
2007-02-13 10:15   ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-02-13 17:33     ` Junio C Hamano
2007-02-13 18:21       ` Randal L. Schwartz
2007-02-13 18:37         ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-02-13 22:02           ` Jimmy Tang
2007-02-13 23:31             ` Linus Torvalds
2007-02-13 13:56   ` Matthias Lederhofer
2007-02-13 16:58     ` Junio C Hamano
2007-02-13 14:33   ` Bill Lear
2007-02-13 14:37     ` Bill Lear
2007-02-13 17:18       ` Randal L. Schwartz
2007-02-01  0:26 [ANNOUNCE] GIT 1.5.0-rc3 Junio C Hamano
2007-02-04  9:36 ` What's in git.git (stable) Junio C Hamano
2007-02-04 18:51   ` Jeff King
2007-02-04 19:12     ` Linus Torvalds
2007-02-04 20:58       ` Theodore Tso
2007-02-04 21:34         ` Jakub Narebski
2007-02-04 22:25           ` David Kågedal
2007-01-27  8:05 Junio C Hamano
2007-01-27  8:59 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2007-01-27 18:06   ` J. Bruce Fields
2007-01-27 22:00   ` Junio C Hamano
2007-01-27 17:56 ` J. Bruce Fields
2007-01-28 19:34 ` Bill Lear
2007-01-28 20:06   ` Junio C Hamano
2007-01-10  8:24 Junio C Hamano
2007-01-10  8:23 Junio C Hamano
2007-01-02  0:07 Junio C Hamano
2007-01-07  7:43 ` Junio C Hamano
2006-12-31  8:07 Junio C Hamano
2006-12-26  3:22 What's in git.git (stable) and announcing GIT 1.5.0 preview Junio C Hamano
2006-12-29  5:44 ` What's in git.git (stable) Junio C Hamano
2006-12-22  9:25 Junio C Hamano
2006-12-22 17:15 ` Randal L. Schwartz
2006-12-22 17:19   ` Randal L. Schwartz
2006-12-22 18:09     ` Johannes Schindelin
2006-12-22 18:12       ` Randal L. Schwartz
2006-12-22 18:21         ` Randal L. Schwartz
2006-12-22 19:21         ` Johannes Schindelin
2006-12-22 20:13           ` Junio C Hamano
2006-12-22 20:44             ` Johannes Schindelin
2006-12-22 21:44               ` Junio C Hamano
2006-12-26 20:25                 ` Luben Tuikov
2006-12-26 23:54                   ` Junio C Hamano
2006-12-27  1:19                     ` Luben Tuikov
2006-12-27  2:14                       ` Junio C Hamano
2006-12-22 18:58     ` Junio C Hamano
2006-12-22 20:04       ` Jakub Narebski
2006-12-22 20:16         ` Junio C Hamano
2006-12-22 20:56           ` Jakub Narebski
2006-12-22 21:49             ` Junio C Hamano
2006-12-22 20:21 ` Quy Tonthat
2006-12-18  7:26 Junio C Hamano
     [not found] ` <Pine.LNX.4.64.0612181012280.3479@woody.osdl.org>
2006-12-18 22:04   ` Junio C Hamano
2006-12-16 23:10 Junio C Hamano
2006-12-13 21:35 Junio C Hamano
2006-12-13 22:37 ` Andy Parkins
2006-12-13 22:48   ` Jakub Narebski
2006-12-14  9:27     ` Andy Parkins
2006-12-14  9:36       ` Shawn Pearce
2006-12-14 10:03         ` Andy Parkins
2006-12-14 17:06         ` Nicolas Pitre
2006-12-15 14:28           ` Jakub Narebski
2006-12-13 23:31   ` Junio C Hamano
2006-12-13 23:52     ` Peter Baumann
2006-12-14  0:16     ` Johannes Schindelin
2006-12-14  3:32       ` Nicolas Pitre
2006-12-14  6:29         ` Junio C Hamano
2006-12-14  8:28     ` Andreas Ericsson
2006-12-15 14:39       ` Jakub Narebski
2006-12-14  9:59     ` Andy Parkins
2006-12-14 10:21       ` Junio C Hamano
2006-12-14 11:36         ` Andy Parkins
2006-12-14 11:45           ` Shawn Pearce
2006-12-14 11:58             ` Carl Worth
2006-12-14 12:05               ` Shawn Pearce
2006-12-14 18:06                 ` Nicolas Pitre
2006-12-14 19:52                   ` Junio C Hamano
2006-12-14 20:02                     ` Shawn Pearce
2006-12-14 20:22                       ` Nicolas Pitre
2006-12-14 20:35                       ` Junio C Hamano
2006-12-14 22:44                         ` Shawn Pearce
2006-12-14 21:55                       ` Andreas Ericsson
2006-12-15 21:55                         ` Junio C Hamano
2006-12-16  2:54                           ` Shawn Pearce
2006-12-14 20:17                     ` Nicolas Pitre
2006-12-14 20:50                       ` Junio C Hamano
2006-12-14 17:47             ` Nicolas Pitre
2006-12-14 21:58             ` Junio C Hamano
2006-12-14 22:50               ` Andy Parkins
2006-12-15 15:38                 ` Jakub Narebski
2006-12-15 15:26           ` Jakub Narebski
2006-12-15 15:30             ` Nicolas Pitre
2006-12-15 15:48               ` Andreas Ericsson
2006-12-15 16:08                 ` Nicolas Pitre
2006-12-15 16:12                   ` Shawn Pearce
2006-12-15 16:13                   ` Andreas Ericsson
2006-12-15 23:22               ` Johannes Schindelin
2006-12-15  4:07         ` Nicolas Pitre
2006-12-14 21:22       ` Junio C Hamano
2006-12-14 22:55         ` Andy Parkins
2006-12-14 23:46           ` Junio C Hamano
2006-12-15  8:58             ` Andy Parkins
2006-12-15  9:55               ` Raimund Bauer
2006-12-15 21:55               ` Junio C Hamano
2006-12-15 22:54                 ` Carl Worth
2006-12-14 23:53           ` Johannes Schindelin
2006-12-14 23:52     ` Horst H. von Brand
2006-12-15 10:53       ` Jakub Narebski
2006-12-14  0:22   ` Johannes Schindelin
2006-12-14 10:21     ` Andy Parkins
2006-12-14 10:51       ` Johannes Schindelin
2006-12-14 11:23         ` Andy Parkins
2006-12-14 11:27           ` Johannes Schindelin
2006-12-14 12:00             ` Andy Parkins
2006-12-14 12:10               ` Shawn Pearce
2006-12-14 13:20                 ` Andy Parkins
2006-12-15  0:15         ` Horst H. von Brand
2006-12-15  0:23           ` Johannes Schindelin
2006-12-14 17:23       ` Nicolas Pitre
2006-12-14 21:02         ` Andy Parkins
2006-12-14 23:03   ` Shawn Pearce
2006-12-15 16:16     ` Jakub Narebski
2006-12-15 21:55       ` Junio C Hamano
2006-12-15 22:48         ` Jakub Narebski
2006-12-15 23:25           ` Johannes Schindelin
2006-12-15 23:45             ` Junio C Hamano
2006-12-16  0:14               ` Johannes Schindelin
2006-12-16  0:30                 ` Junio C Hamano
2006-12-16 17:12                   ` Steven Grimm
2006-12-16 19:57                     ` Junio C Hamano
2006-12-15 23:42           ` Junio C Hamano
2006-12-16  9:58 ` Junio C Hamano
2006-12-16 13:59 ` Jakub Narebski
2006-12-16 22:04   ` Junio C Hamano
2006-12-06 21:18 Junio C Hamano
2006-12-08 15:36 ` Jakub Narebski
2006-12-09 20:44 ` Tilman Sauerbeck
2006-12-09 21:10   ` Junio C Hamano

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