Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 04:37:34 +0200 From: "K. Macy" <kmacy@freebsd.org> To: Benjamin Kaduk <kaduk@mit.edu> Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Official git export Message-ID: <CAHM0Q_N-JapN_7H_%2B59kLkwo0jb-H4LcAe48jyuLAtJkCEK_1Q@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.GSO.1.10.1108292220110.1411@multics.mit.edu> References: <35765857-1314243257-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-329610575-@b2.c15.bise7.blackberry> <CAJ-Vmo=v0UkQarauKrvWKdjMTC81BwXmyhU__rnaQeL3z45L-g@mail.gmail.com> <slrnj5ddgp.4ck.vadim_nuclight@kernblitz.nuclight.avtf.net> <CAMBSHm8uX45k0M4on=5Cpw_CKoddA=4oJSNXpH7dGPt=Vy2HOw@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1108261000040.48200@fledge.watson.org> <slrnj5lc58.jd1.vadim_nuclight@kernblitz.nuclight.avtf.net> <4e5ba9c3.bzHIw1KEy8R2QcK7%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <3420B331-C697-468A-80BA-B31C33804710@freebsd.org> <4e5c5b5f.moT7dLemOuteQJ5T%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <4E5C364D.7070904@freebsd.org> <CAHM0Q_Mq3YEEpB6uNymjtd=WCQuTR6gd=71EsLxJf5J0ygyjiw@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.GSO.1.10.1108292220110.1411@multics.mit.edu>
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> My understanding is that with git it's possible to "graft" one tree onto > another, so that most people only have to check out recent history, and c= an > check out a separate ancient history. =A0This has at least been proposed = in > the context of the net-im/zephyr upstream, where development happened > concurrently in multiple trees (in different VCSes) for a period of time > maybe ten years ago. =A0Current development is all consolidated in a sing= le > subversion tree, and the proposal was to convert that repository now to h= ave > something to work with, and worry about getting the ancient history right= at > a later time. > My knowledge of git is limited but I know that git clone has the --depth option for specifying a shallow clone that only goes back N changesets. Git also has "submodule" which provides some functionality for the notion of subprojects which can limit what is enclosed within a given repo to some extent. Cheers
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