Re: Notes on Using Git with Subprojects

Hi,

On Tue, 26 Sep 2006, A Large Angry SCM wrote:

How the state (subproject list, branch names, etc.) is recorded in a 
parent project is only important to the parent project. The parent 
project must also know how to interact with with each of its 
subprojects.

Granted, if you mix VCSes, this is most pragmatic.

But it is also wrong: The whole point in bundling the subprojects together 
is (IMHO) to get the benefits of a VCS for the root project, i.e. for the 
combined states of the subprojects. After all, you want to say "I know 
that this collection of projects at these states compiled and worked 
fine."

And if you let a build system handle the stitching of the subprojects, you 
completely lose these benefits.

Ciao,
Dscho