undefined | Better HN

0 pointsaidenn04mo ago0 comments

Having used git submodules, I see a lack of them as a feature. I honestly think that a script that checks out a specific commit from an external repository, combined with adding the path to the .gitignore is strictly better than submodules.

0 comments

verdverm4mo ago

sure, but there are projects that use them already. If jj wants to replace git, it needs to work with people's existing projects without significant changes (ideally none at all)

Changing git hosts happens less frequently than changing clouds, which is infrequent. Changing VCS tools is even less frequent than either of those

aidenn0OP4mo ago

git doesn't do everything that SVN does, so I don't think that's true.

verdverm4mo ago

The development world is much different and entrenched than it was when the move from svn -> git happened. Think of all the tooling, integrations, and automation we use these days. That was not happening 15+ years ago. I don't think svn as an analogy holds much water, tbh

1 more reply

17186274404mo ago

How do you record the specific commit of the external repository, that was used in a specific commit of your repository?

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse

0 pointsaidenn04mo ago0 comments

0 comments

verdverm4mo ago

sure, but there are projects that use them already. If jj wants to replace git, it needs to work with people's existing projects without significant changes (ideally none at all)

Changing git hosts happens less frequently than changing clouds, which is infrequent. Changing VCS tools is even less frequent than either of those

aidenn0OP4mo ago

git doesn't do everything that SVN does, so I don't think that's true.

verdverm4mo ago

1 more reply

17186274404mo ago

How do you record the specific commit of the external repository, that was used in a specific commit of your repository?

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse