Re: basics... when reading docs doesn't help

Guennadi Liakhovetski [off-list ref] writes:

quoted

Yeah, this is all a bit complex, and it takes a while to wrap your head 
around it, but I have to say, once you do, the git-1.5.x layout really 
*is* very powerful, and it's actually very natural too (but the "very 
natural" part only comes after you have that "Aaahh!" moment!)

Aha, so, that's how it is then! Why hasn't anybody explained this to me 
strait away?!:-))))

Because I and others have explained that to other people on the
list a few times already, perhaps?  The list archive is your
friend.

.... There isn't a way to convert such a "old style" tree to the 
"new style", is there?

That also can be found in the list archive.  I think Shawn
Pearce wrote that script using contrib/remotes2config.sh from
the git.git project source tree.