Jens Lehmann wrote: > Ram is plain wrong here (just like he is on "git rm" and "git mv", > even though the latter is currently still in pu). This use case is > handled by submodules for years now. Take a look at the "ignore" > setting in .gitmodules which give you full control of the stat()s > in submodules, in addition you have the repo-wide option > diff.ignoreSubmodules.
Oh, I didn't know about ignore in .gitmodules. Sorry about that. > The whole feature list is full of red herrings like this which > have nothing to do with the advantages of a new object, but talk > about UI issues which are easy to solve in both worlds. Really? git-submodule.sh was written in 2007, and does not have git mv or cd-to-toplevel restriction removed to date. What does that say about git-submodule? I specifically said end-user's perspective. Why exactly would I be talking about the advantages of the link object? -- 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
