[LLVMdev] git Status

[David A. Greene]

Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy at grenoble-inp.fr> writes:

> james woodyatt <jhw at conjury.org> writes:
>
>> p.s. The Mercurial subrepositories feature is loads better than git
>> submodules and it's built into the tool. But never mind that. Just go
>> with Git and don't look back. Nobody ever got fired for buying from
>> the market leader.
>
> I don't use submodules enough to be a good juge, but my understanding is
> that Git's submodules are conceptually nice, but that most people agree
> that the UI is not good. There's a summer of code on that subject, so
> there's still hope ;-).

git-subtree is a very nice way to handle the submodule project.  Even
though it's clunky through the git-svn bridge, I still use it on this
end.  With native git it's a breeze.

git-submodule is indeed a putrid pile of donkey dung.  :)

                              -Dave