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=-3.8 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham 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 C49AF1F42D for ; Wed, 16 May 2018 08:14:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752400AbeEPIOG (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 May 2018 04:14:06 -0400 Received: from mail-wm0-f52.google.com ([74.125.82.52]:38129 "EHLO mail-wm0-f52.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751285AbeEPIOD (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 May 2018 04:14:03 -0400 Received: by mail-wm0-f52.google.com with SMTP id m129-v6so5765183wmb.3 for ; Wed, 16 May 2018 01:14:03 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=from:content-transfer-encoding:subject:date:message-id:cc:to :mime-version; bh=QxKbsEoJRTPQIRNOFQKGcpnA4LZbHtHaMOqL/Rbz6VU=; b=Muo2Xq5+BHVQMVYqbojrliK0NZvEawkHM06EvrKt/13GWTpZDx6GR4UvM4t0LX/TAI Y+ymfu4gz5sx+sv2PKvqyS5Ht9fV+ksKlWnhy50XgzpRqeV0JoqU+x1grBD0LWCULDTu Rw4XhZWOksng2voVOIf1wlBQGQIHNiA5QONvgznNveKyiPTyEOprZNA4h6zhwZNy0WSD SH/LJPpolC1mqgRFgk9UjGKqzskRXQhCuSxlqSIUegiuZB9DMgpLMYbKL6eI9D27fWXJ 2yhIUHIGxU8l6fPKpkTDWC6EXeNRF2+pbKI1nWh7dVdGRKXzIGbjLXW4xcPi93588H8u Ziow== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:from:content-transfer-encoding:subject:date :message-id:cc:to:mime-version; bh=QxKbsEoJRTPQIRNOFQKGcpnA4LZbHtHaMOqL/Rbz6VU=; b=NO6yTKRFxT6S2f2PGeTZEGB29Lh/HpoMGgSLVzpbeVZlXTcCP1UOVH347l+dAPrmIx G7pVYcHK2nlkqA10poDnOae8k2hCoV7ODicY1/VsUL+luCZOBMJX4luQfGuxnddw7yfL U0BELHsCKX7u/OGAEHsBEV4CBRD6ZBmejx3PTNPJ3SuMwDVUdZxf1R2PmPAi7kwPCGT7 ugSQgOb3z++ooD8CMsoZPJUaXflUmFCfpue228DAPO/rOEt+b4v6sXjQVXDAx2A0NocM v04j/ndc7kyvioL1H4gcO7LN7yr66fXxPsp0+0k5CL4lnRqg5V3lAUnP3hw4dY+0rL1Y uohA== X-Gm-Message-State: ALKqPwe+WcnHZpDrpNm0Co/Jm6QosINSvurU2Gk2GUL/LQIlak4g1tCD KnVvCIO3p1b917H4AQ0/wP8uVAXF X-Google-Smtp-Source: AB8JxZpXdLyq7iNiVkxCOf7prV4L0mGyjoMJuZ25Tb1FMKfxgx4pHMHuOk+boewN3cyEd7LbuhhXlA== X-Received: by 2002:a1c:6d5a:: with SMTP id i87-v6mr839417wmc.12.1526458442021; Wed, 16 May 2018 01:14:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from slxbook4.fritz.box (p5DDB4199.dip0.t-ipconnect.de. [93.219.65.153]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id u37-v6sm1867144wrb.53.2018.05.16.01.14.00 (version=TLS1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128/128); Wed, 16 May 2018 01:14:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Lars Schneider Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: worktrees vs. alternates Date: Wed, 16 May 2018 10:13:59 +0200 Message-Id: Cc: Jeff King , Duy Nguyen To: git Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 9.3 \(3124\)) X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3124) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Hi, I am looking into different options to cache Git repositories on build machines. The two most promising ways seem to be git-worktree [1] and git-alternates [2]. I wonder if you see an advantage of one over the other?=20 My impression is that git-worktree supersedes git-alternates. Would that be a fair statement? If yes, would it makes sense to deprecate alternates for simplification? Thanks, Lars [1] https://git-scm.com/docs/git-worktree [2] = https://git-scm.com/docs/gitrepository-layout#gitrepository-layout-objects= infoalternates=