Stephen Smith <ishch...@gmail.com> writes: > I built v1.8.2 last evening and found that the subtree command > isn't supported. What version of git are you using? And where did > you get it?
We have been carrying a copy of it in contrib/ but I have to say that it is in a sorry state. After the original author stopped working on it, a new maintainer of the subtree project picked it up. Some vocal users wanted to have it as a part of the git-core tarball, with a promise that it will be supported and maintained, and that is how we ended up carrying a copy of it in contrib/. We see some discussions and patches sent to the list from time to time, but I haven't been getting anything definitive from the new subtree maintainer for whatever reason (if I understand correctly, it is not his primary job; perhaps he is busy with other things) and the part of that contrib/ tree hasn't seen much activities. Also I occasionally see end-user questions here but I have a feeling that many go unanswered by area experts. I am starting to regret that I caved in and started carrying a copy of it in contrib/. It probably is a good idea to drop it from my tree and let it mature and eventually flourish outside. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
