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=-3.0 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,T_DKIM_INVALID, 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 B74F41F406 for ; Sun, 7 Jan 2018 00:31:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753014AbeAGAbZ (ORCPT ); Sat, 6 Jan 2018 19:31:25 -0500 Received: from mail-qk0-f194.google.com ([209.85.220.194]:44173 "EHLO mail-qk0-f194.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752622AbeAGAbZ (ORCPT ); Sat, 6 Jan 2018 19:31:25 -0500 Received: by mail-qk0-f194.google.com with SMTP id v188so10296871qkh.11 for ; Sat, 06 Jan 2018 16:31:24 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc; bh=gGuNFhZojxVO6CRjyTm8aKazUZlntdhUlDn42H+Ayzk=; b=oe7S6DJrTU2rji1+Qm7iPEgogW5qDUvWDk1Ofwzl4xJCQFrzihyW07GbJIQV97uUvf 7VUPpEbUVfOcG7AwK4EHPI08Wk9Z2/yvb0/pxQzHV7tgVAg77MlOq6y82YcQ3oGq8m5k dgtDP7AY1CoVE9RGYQskjPmbZNQ4lrUPg28kqsC0kj8NfjiXUCFctH2JBiU3UdUxFflP J6dWGvVMcK9RhQQ6aHybsfC2HZR32ytAtRZwmFkOnvwiBniwPJFGtPzS7mMBV92iYVUK nstipsyBg5x4CZ9AL773faURE+j2QemKt0dX3s4EgdQsehW5RkYsEHhA3+T2tMrfmxvk oR9g== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from :date:message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=gGuNFhZojxVO6CRjyTm8aKazUZlntdhUlDn42H+Ayzk=; b=V4mVOcxymm4w/qkuW2MgWcVJwIXPpf9lcZQJESZouqjlvk029lyxlvsZ5qkkZapRVc dJ07b8X56/B2JlD7cOTO2yURGyrcONzyWRF/5S1EedquGKND3tceC6yYPYFzxt9m7sI4 bePA35R5WtPR7fc9ReHT248e/OKXkybADlYqH6S42AYB0vvwz7bnWVwbwFoXeyCG08YA rkaKQLp26s+202RmvsVtBGjGQQFOWTJk60d8sCyj+1rV1hExhRzCAhdPhmiNzVDwZxXY FsgwmSPLrasfWoq0g4Gv9JrUWLzxwF7gfbFPfeZZvlIC3dm4CGppEKUmsb5j+Oh3mUOu 4YIQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AKwxytchW6ua+h2uRbjPZNHYzEJ37QpnJgaW8OSI6q0VGjhefcs7UE1T X6PiztJm1BzisyPkPfoUuLy3mwS541Glac7cKtU= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ACJfBouBHGMatk0ok7ScQ1Bs3yItteUP/n6ifRT497siBQR4uLgQQMfupWLmbgcbwZ9WtAgr8mDIAb+Y/0wmZtFHWvg= X-Received: by 10.55.76.205 with SMTP id z196mr10219053qka.296.1515285084319; Sat, 06 Jan 2018 16:31:24 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.12.198.2 with HTTP; Sat, 6 Jan 2018 16:31:23 -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: Eric Sunshine Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2018 19:31:23 -0500 X-Google-Sender-Auth: aXk-MT9KyG24eQfAAJLbZrkzeyk Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/8] Doc/gitsubmodules: specify how submodules help in reduced size To: Kaartic Sivaraam Cc: Git mailing list , Stefan Beller 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 1:46 PM, Kaartic Sivaraam wrote: > Signed-off-by: Kaartic Sivaraam > --- > diff --git 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. "If your project consists of multiple repositories tied together..."