On Sun, 7 Mar 2010 21:18:26 +0800 Ray Rashif <schivmeister@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 07/03/2010, Pierre Schmitz <pierre@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Am Sonntag, 7. März 2010 12:03:08 schrieb Dieter Plaetinck: > >> 2) svn->git migration is not trivial, since tools, the website, .. > >> will need to be adapted. > > > > The problem is that our current repo layout and workflow is not > > mappable to git. E.g. we use svn's feature to checkout specific > > dirs/files etc.. > > > > But I guess if someone would come up with a superior solution using > > git we would be quite happy. > > Sparseness is a complicated matter in git: > http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-read-tree.html#_sparse_checkout > > And we need that the most. > > > -- > GPG/PGP ID: B42DDCAD hmm.. it doesn't look _that_ hard: http://vmiklos.hu/blog/sparse-checkout-example-in-git-1-7 Btw, re: my con 1 (disk space needed for history), one could use git clone --depth if one only wants recent history. (though i don't think this will be an issue at all in practice) Dieter
