On Sat, 2015-08-08 at 19:39 +0100, Adam Dinwoodie wrote: > On 08/08/2015 06:31, Achim Gratz wrote: > > Adam Dinwoodie writes: > > > I've discovered a neat Git tool -- git subtree -- which is part > > > of Git's > > > "contrib" directory and isn't something we currently distribute > > > as part > > > of any of the existing Git-related packages. > > openSUSE ships this in git-core since some time. AFAIK the only > > reason > > it is still in contrib is the fact that it can't work on Windows. > > Yes, I discovered it at least in part via my Mac, where Homebrew > installs it as part of the core Git installation too. I'd been > planning > on just adding it as a new package in Cygwin, without really thinking > about whether that's actually the right thing to do; do you/anyone > else > think it'd be preferable to just roll this into the main Cygwin > package > instead of defining a new one?
There seems to be a consensus among distros to include it as part of the main git package. I suggest we do the same. -- Yaakov
