<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Based on the feedback so far, I propose that we call this discussion done -- we will not go with this zippered proposal, but will proceed with <a href="https://github.com/llvm-git-prototype/llvm/">https://github.com/llvm-git-prototype/llvm/</a>.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Thu, Nov 15, 2018 at 5:06 PM David Greene via llvm-dev <<a href="mailto:llvm-dev@lists.llvm.org">llvm-dev@lists.llvm.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Tom Stellard via llvm-dev <<a href="mailto:llvm-dev@lists.llvm.org" target="_blank">llvm-dev@lists.llvm.org</a>> writes:<br>
<br>
> What is the status with this proposal? It has been 2 weeks now since<br>
> the initial email and it seems like the discussion is slowing down. Do<br>
> we still want to consider this zippered approach as a possibility for the<br>
> official repo? <br>
<br>
I have very strong feedback from the engineer who does our upstream<br>
merges that he does NOT want to see this zippered repository. A clean<br>
linear history makes understanding merges much easier.<br>
<br>
James made a number of other important points about limitations of the<br>
zippered repository:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://lists.llvm.org/pipermail/llvm-dev/2018-November/127460.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://lists.llvm.org/pipermail/llvm-dev/2018-November/127460.html</a><br>
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git-bisect being more complicated is a deal-breaker for me. Checking<br>
out a random commit and only getting part of the project is just odd.<br>
<br>
-David<br>
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