Re: [PATCH 1/4] gitfaq: add advice on monorepos

Hi Brian,
On 20/10/2021 23:22, brian m. carlson wrote:

On 2021-10-20 at 14:11:09, Philip Oakley wrote:

quoted

Does this need some comparison, or link, with sub-module methods and
issues? Such as the nested sub-module problem, the distinction between
active sub-modules and quiescent sub-modules (e.g. libraries Vx.y.z)?

I don't think it does.  Some projects choose to use many repositories
with submodules, and some use many repositories without submodules.  At
work, we do the latter, and it tends to work just fine.

To clarify, my comment was with regard to the complementary discussions
about _choice_ of repo types, rather than mono-repo and other
post-choice issues. Possibly, part of such a discussion on choice of
repo-type, could include the potential slippery slope between the
different uses of sub-modules.

I feel a lot of the difficult sub-module discussion are because we don't
have a common terminology for the different (mental) models of
sub-module use, their benefits and problems.
--
Philip