Bastien <b...@gnu.org> writes: > > The separate repo could be a submodule of Org's core repo and its > contents could even make it into the .tar.gz and .zip files. >
I'm not sure that submodules are robust enough. I tried using them for a small project and found them wanting (that was a couple of years ago, so there may be have changes to git to make things better). I then used the alternate strategy described in Chacon's book (git subtree merging) and ended up in a tangle: I had to tease the repos apart manually. I now do things more manually, but (to me) more transparently. This may very well have been me tripping over my shoelaces of course, and a more knowledgeable git admin might have been able to make things work better than I did. But I think it would behoove us to step into those waters with a fair amount of caution, a backup strategy and lots of experimentation and documentation, before we take the leap. Nick
