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=-3.5 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 73FC11FADF for ; Mon, 8 Jan 2018 18:36:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755876AbeAHSgg (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Jan 2018 13:36:36 -0500 Received: from mail-qk0-f196.google.com ([209.85.220.196]:34401 "EHLO mail-qk0-f196.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755730AbeAHSge (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Jan 2018 13:36:34 -0500 Received: by mail-qk0-f196.google.com with SMTP id b76so2515917qkc.1 for ; Mon, 08 Jan 2018 10:36:34 -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=Yn8awq8ipJW3Dhix8qZg9/QT12qEbmrY1iNIibcEs6s=; b=YMpb4EKyN4eEbLcx0Wp7kHcruS1SkuO8dlI0utv6SJQicqBrk3dFTXszTlToo3fHZo y+qX7cpZUg82Cq9aBTF57SQcpv5Z73gSrSrDwjsndsCZ96NNgWPYZRmF9n3oZVqcgm05 GWEJJ7nTeEaQbFS/hmqxHCyNaU3DqGAmf87mO/0OnpLwPAILRbmJGWHZaAGRYGoA5xkl G3oZ6RUKhiqkur7U5XYruEak+nQg3AN+hzedzC45lBlBTT1zhgmnDeu8RDPcK5wnwuVF ZMb5SRiabWqJITvW1RQiInlq/HTDjMKiFBf1JCwon1MiisF0EbmB30JO00Qxj8kPZCKt XLXg== 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=Yn8awq8ipJW3Dhix8qZg9/QT12qEbmrY1iNIibcEs6s=; b=h0P/6onD2SyF60g5DqhC2TUkfJnHkJoQ4ha7KjIhX4aKveEB18eNz2DZ03LSvO4g/q Y815uB/fxb09uf6FWUncMk4UWdGSpGOZaUQ6wZKqctdcnmRb20njw4q/zciC3WYprbJn ZAZ9SUNx1vafHyTuRil1f6EvugtQN35JSDLwWNA8EQvQQDCz5+flpQwReDQPMsAHwMLH peQCE73FJDvrxuHCRbloHa9aYEGD2LVgeTpR3OK0WImRaSJ2LzyOE9AZ+NmRtfEP/yKV D7YIBa9kt/zEbg3BBY5mc2fIbIZoP2Vm08WOQlQCg6Y1YfQaatuUjaJ5G5jMPOLywWgP lZpQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AKwxyteIT5hqlhfiJf5DZ8Jvr+VnhCm0ubRyar5yBotMnO0iXT9HyAdP 6xCnywVC0zinqksNzxWU9vAiNsrJ9TRkWw5vnSYVBwWz X-Google-Smtp-Source: ACJfBotlbk7QA0RunqVcnrSUveV3yzrUsan6tjzy3VXwgRe3e2qv59LvlnKTbbLBsVe1PiqUQ2KQJjQX3vstrIObcQk= X-Received: by 10.55.72.75 with SMTP id v72mr16807933qka.295.1515436593392; Mon, 08 Jan 2018 10:36:33 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.140.85.179 with HTTP; Mon, 8 Jan 2018 10:36:32 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20180106184614.20115-3-kaartic.sivaraam@gmail.com> References: <20180106184614.20115-1-kaartic.sivaraam@gmail.com> <20180106184614.20115-3-kaartic.sivaraam@gmail.com> From: Stefan Beller Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2018 10:36:32 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/8] Doc/gitsubmodules: clearly specify advantage of submodule 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 | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt b/Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt > index bf46b0fb5..cb795c6b6 100644 > --- a/Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt > +++ b/Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt > @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ Submodules can be used for at least two different use cases: > * Size of the git repository: > In its current form Git scales up poorly for large repositories containing > content that is not compressed by delta computation between trees. > - However you can also use submodules to e.g. hold large binary assets > + Therefore you can use submodules to hold large binary assets If this improves readability by a lot, I'd be all for it. But this use case is just exemplary. There are also cases of submodules that do not contain big files, but e.g. have a lengthy history with lots of small files. So I don't know, as I would want to keep emphasized that this is just an example. > and these repositories are then shallowly cloned such that you do not > have a large history locally. > * Transfer size: > -- > 2.16.0.rc0.223.g4a4ac8367 >