[arch-dev-public] Fwd: Killing CVS [was: Status Report 2007-10-15]

[Dan McGee]

Figured I'd forward this on to the list- it could strike up a discussion.

I've looked at git-submodules, but it is quite new, and not all that
lightweight as each submodule has its own .git directory.

-Dan

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Loui <louipc.ist at gmail.com>
Date: Oct 22, 2007 9:06 PM
Subject: Re: [arch-dev-public] Killing CVS [was: Status Report 2007-10-15]
To: dpmcgee at gmail.com


Do you think git submodules could be useful or relevant considering
the 'Killing CVS' topic? In terms of checking out individual packages.

http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/user-manual.html#submodules

"Large projects are often composed of smaller, self-contained modules.
For example, an embedded Linux distribution's source tree would
include every piece of software in the distribution with some local
modifications; a movie player might need to build against a specific,
known-working version of a decompression library; several independent
programs might all share the same build scripts."