DVCS vs. Subversion brittleness (was Re: Moving to D)

[Bruno Medeiros]

On 04/02/2011 20:11, Michel Fortin wrote:
> On 2011-02-04 11:12:12 -0500, Bruno Medeiros
> <brunodomedeiros+spam at com.gmail> said:
>
>> Can Git really have an usable but incomplete local clone?
>
> Yes, it's called a shallow clone. See the --depth switch of git clone:
> <http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-clone.html>
>
>

I was about to say "Cool!", but then I checked the doc on that link and 
it says:
"A shallow repository has a number of limitations (you cannot clone or 
fetch from it, nor push from nor into it), but is adequate if you are 
only interested in the recent history of a large project with a long 
history, and would want to send in fixes as patches. "
So it's actually not good for what I meant, since it is barely usable 
(you cannot push from it). :(


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Bruno Medeiros - Software Engineer