On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 12:19:36PM +0200, Richard Hartmann wrote: > svn's ability to pull a subdirectory, which is, ttbomk, lacking > in git, should be included, as well. I am sure there are other > examples [2]. Pulling a subdirectory with svn is possible because svn (and others like it) tracks your files and directories. Git, on the other hand, tracks the _content_ of the files in the repo. The information that Git presents (logs, diff's, file contents, etc.) is built from objects that are created from content you add to the repo. Pulling a subdirectory and thereby excluding the files that make up the content that git used to build its structures in the first place, is something that I don't think would make sense. I know from an external point of view, it seems pulling a subdir wouldn't be a big deal; but if you look at git internals, you start to realize why it's an option that isn't on the table. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong here. -- Garry Dolley ARP Networks, Inc. http://scie.nti.st Los Angeles County REACT, Unit 336 WQGK336 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
