From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.9 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45E981F406 for ; Sat, 6 Jan 2018 18:46:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753099AbeAFSqp (ORCPT ); Sat, 6 Jan 2018 13:46:45 -0500 Received: from mail-pl0-f65.google.com ([209.85.160.65]:34890 "EHLO mail-pl0-f65.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753059AbeAFSqn (ORCPT ); Sat, 6 Jan 2018 13:46:43 -0500 Received: by mail-pl0-f65.google.com with SMTP id b96so5123186pli.2 for ; Sat, 06 Jan 2018 10:46:43 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=from:to:subject:date:message-id:in-reply-to:references; bh=8QlVspJG8pfB5JckMpbC1A7XJPLK4d5J4jTilDb64q0=; b=K5NhoydSqaLWTsVJKqMg2ns3J6UnXLKtLx+LCS63Y9Dtfx43qsac0tpteFz1APK/eK /wcUDiFfqv2Xwv613WpUFOKhTze+eKf9wI5tlEdiW4zhSk40UtvVialsuGNam1L6Dj7f 6+Bo/i+dlWI39nYBI35k7ytfCZ4+h4khjgaJEnujydN1ERQo69zAOw5ofON/XyQSjHXy MBDOYNdiRyBfUbGvH+tqR6KXCeKl9InLHN1k++bjMwK5R7ZqN2cJPmsod1S4eIjcprwF KYR8nCURH2UaTcd6ep1jpe6d6CMXUnDW9Mf4KD3roYFYuShmQIS5ajAG5K3BH+vFaMjR R6jw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:subject:date:message-id:in-reply-to :references; bh=8QlVspJG8pfB5JckMpbC1A7XJPLK4d5J4jTilDb64q0=; b=aW3nNSZf1l3Fly6FwJyQ9CmmEYDpcBeE8SUIVe46UOIxa2D6izdwNlpwOlosg6PLra 5nJ50W0CWrB82KJVbBifvio8L2r0W/rYZ3I8UQt80uAllyQYv2UluFSLz/GHK4BO86uq qakdG64J4leXka33tsIRNPblc+svo0b48XcwPh3daMehwbH0HeiLv4d9jwpHPAU0On1c EMtNTIjl5NrALa3j1mmU+N8jIOx4Z2EOJXKVgXTj4XWHvHa3XmbWLG9b9ALlE4CNhWES /mHJUDssAJYlewwpBhrDpAVAnCAdnxRa7SW02PiO8o4rbwvL/QcDwFmnnBFnrGR+3uLH likg== X-Gm-Message-State: AKGB3mKUYsddnp0Ocklk6jg+N80nd7vUYBMjc4QETHAJp4x+x32CpGsY 3fs9krfTQlfrjcaNoZlLESNu924Z X-Google-Smtp-Source: ACJfBosapto8hRnLwvw06Akhjn5OUlSy9jlVjpwEsi0xDoRxPWlX0bPG5r166eqcQj2nUcfmKtFNag== X-Received: by 10.84.214.8 with SMTP id h8mr7243174pli.148.1515264402546; Sat, 06 Jan 2018 10:46:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost.localdomain ([117.246.198.31]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id j14sm21141273pfj.93.2018.01.06.10.46.40 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Sat, 06 Jan 2018 10:46:41 -0800 (PST) From: Kaartic Sivaraam To: Git mailing list , Stefan Beller Subject: [PATCH 3/8] Doc/gitsubmodules: specify how submodules help in reduced size Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2018 00:16:09 +0530 Message-Id: <20180106184614.20115-4-kaartic.sivaraam@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.16.0.rc0.223.g4a4ac8367 In-Reply-To: <20180106184614.20115-1-kaartic.sivaraam@gmail.com> References: <20180106184614.20115-1-kaartic.sivaraam@gmail.com> Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Kaartic Sivaraam --- Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt b/Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt index cb795c6b6..3f73983d5 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt @@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ Submodules can be used for at least two different use cases: * Transfer size: In its current form Git requires the whole working tree present. It does not allow partial trees to be transferred in fetch or clone. + If you have your project as multiple repositories tied together as + submodules in a superproject, you can avoid fetching the working + trees of the repositories you are not interested in. * Access control: By restricting user access to submodules, this can be used to implement read/write policies for different users. -- 2.16.0.rc0.223.g4a4ac8367