I found the following helpful but it is from 2016, so I wonder how much has changed since then:
https://martowen.com/2016/05/01/git-submodules-vs-git-subtrees/ Gary On Mon, Aug 31, 2020, 10:34 Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> wrote: > The use case you're describing is fairly well handled by the git > subtree command. There are some git plugins that add more complex > workflows on top of that, but the base command is what you're looking > for. Git submodules, in my experience, are far more useful when > pointing to release commits and treating submodule updates like > dependency updates. If you want the equivalent of how Subversion lets > you link to another repo as a directory, that would be git-subtree, > not git-submodule. > > On Mon, 31 Aug 2020 at 09:16, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On Mon, Aug 31, 2020 at 10:15 AM Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > On Sun, Aug 30, 2020 at 9:24 AM Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > >> I'm talking about girl's own submodules: > > >> > > >> https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Tools-Submodules > > >> > > > > > > I think the on-line book above has been updated since 2014 (as seen on > the > > > front page https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2) so the reference page > > > https://git-scm.com/docs/git-submodule should be more accurate. > > > > > ARG: "I think the on-line book above has been updated" -> "I think the > > on-line book above has *NOT *been updated" > > > > G > > > > > > > > > > Gary > > > > > > > > >> > > >> https://git-scm.com/docs/git-submodule > > >> > > >> Gary > > >> > > >> On Sun, Aug 30, 2020, 09:09 Rob Tompkins <chtom...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> > > >>> By git submodules, are you talking about a symlink to another git > > >>> repository inside one of our repositories? > > >>> > > >>> -Rob > > >>> > > >>> > On Aug 29, 2020, at 6:52 PM, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> > > >>> wrote: > > >>> > > > >>> > Hi All, > > >>> > > > >>> > Any thoughts for or against creating a new git repository which > would > > >>> > contain all 'proper' Commons components as git submodules? > > >>> > > > >>> > The idea is to be able to checkout all of Commons 'proper' in one > go > > >>> in one > > >>> > place. > > >>> > > > >>> > Gary > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > > >>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > > >>> > > >>> > > > > -- > Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > >
