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=-3.4 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI, T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD 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 75E2E1FADF for ; Mon, 8 Jan 2018 18:38:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755453AbeAHSih (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Jan 2018 13:38:37 -0500 Received: from mail-qk0-f195.google.com ([209.85.220.195]:35903 "EHLO mail-qk0-f195.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755000AbeAHSig (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Jan 2018 13:38:36 -0500 Received: by mail-qk0-f195.google.com with SMTP id d21so4397317qkj.3 for ; Mon, 08 Jan 2018 10:38:36 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=++Jcazy5gmnT9yXVekWMCfB8IbTei6RRedAZEM/NffI=; b=hGwKb5e18TZUn3yAwJSV9KLZZA9tSbPk7fbJDHT9qGVyqDGW4xnLzHAAWikHqHvFDV 9yQxUwsJ/BVgLqbd2y6PIuU+BnqnEYZujCwE7Ss8SIf8btl1FAzwfCes27NrZu8QEv2h ++5hZi0laAXR4Bn8KRnsVzQ7TcDlQUiYXLpP3yT2AVOuMmpnMy9YL1CsrrnYLDlt7tYW rBnjF+vS2ApAa40GTlPvA2SgbOE+18l8i43lewteaNoU6Ea2TwDgWrtyWD0teqLqke84 KOlHGvjSwqLXJnu+AgEvAjV2yEgXCu0T3xyfZ/f9i+NORyzJ6iYJiiuQoyLVmBZcBBCf ffuw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=++Jcazy5gmnT9yXVekWMCfB8IbTei6RRedAZEM/NffI=; b=Rlac8dCndfvt78quyrFCp9VnW30QO3xYW+uCDS2yns7+skwjn9WJPujrGNhwrXlUeG dvgr6OZlAeocS2f2sMdJsMJopYNqcRxe4ivER6iMOvG6Fn9jvrJatdz3onRpqTViETjz dkVPnlYTZXeJvt980gGY/KYU5ffQHrKWS38+FmF84EWzGv9gyUAUy7fr0ZvLjTpIEO09 KkTtac5yR6O6IlwX9dRbQ3l58F551dK7Oj13GVoQnlQqzDfl0SlkHd2NapNs8V3qNon1 tAHGO2/URbqc+dIz8h7UTdPM+mjTDOTpeAh/9AsLogA09MechTH6NToMzaPXuBfQzluo D9dQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AKwxyteSUH1hc4NLkUSkPaAcApjP3XcTpU88eouSj2FQ7qVxWPBGvG8Q sLVmuQi5n0ACbkHCGpVQggL834KgRU6EXix8N93YSA== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ACJfBovu6VCem7E4xKIRybRmLNz49RxzL31u2hi5OGRw2W7xvnA8WJkITvTLDWMqmHGt//zMWxYNpCVJxnNF4YI1Nq4= X-Received: by 10.55.72.75 with SMTP id v72mr16816664qka.295.1515436715778; Mon, 08 Jan 2018 10:38:35 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.140.85.179 with HTTP; Mon, 8 Jan 2018 10:38:35 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20180106184614.20115-4-kaartic.sivaraam@gmail.com> References: <20180106184614.20115-1-kaartic.sivaraam@gmail.com> <20180106184614.20115-4-kaartic.sivaraam@gmail.com> From: Stefan Beller Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2018 10:38:35 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/8] Doc/gitsubmodules: specify how submodules help in reduced size To: Kaartic Sivaraam Cc: Git mailing list Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Jan 6, 2018 at 10:46 AM, Kaartic Sivaraam wrote: > 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. You do not fetch a working tree, but a whole repository? > * 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 >