The annoying D build system

[Alex Rønne Petersen]

On 20-11-2012 09:21, Andrej Mitrovic wrote:
> On 11/20/12, Jacob Carlborg <doob at me.com> wrote:
>> I think you misunderstood what I was trying to say, or I am
>> misunderstanding you.
>
> I'm showing the path of least resistance for how to build either
> dmd/druntime/phobos/dlang-org
>
>> One solution that instantly pops in my mind is using git submodules.
>
> They are buggy on Windows. The last time I've used them Git started
> showing thousands of error messages, crashed and erased my repo and
> commit history, but one of the last few commits were left in the
> reflog so I managed to recover my files. It also copied the submodule
> repo directory into randomly selected folders in an upper directory.
>
> Maybe it's just an msysgit thing, but I'm never touching submodules again.
>

Er... what?

I certainly cannot say I've had the issues you describe. Submodules have 
always worked flawlessly on Windows for me.

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Alex Rønne Petersen
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