linux-kernel - Re: kconfig as a git subtree on Linux

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Message-ID: <20201126153349.GK4332@42.do-not-panic.com>
Date:   Thu, 26 Nov 2020 15:33:49 +0000
From:   Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Cc:     Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
        Linux Kbuild mailing list <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
        Boris Kolpackov <boris@...esynthesis.com>,
        Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>,
        Felix Fietkau <nbd@...nwrt.org>,
        Patrick Franz <patfra71@...il.com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>,
        Junio C Hamano <gitster@...ox.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: kconfig as a git subtree on Linux

On Thu, Nov 26, 2020 at 09:13:29AM +0000, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 25, 2020 at 05:25:44PM +0000, Luis Chamberlain wrote:
> > I'd like to propose we discuss the possibility of taking kconfig and
> > making it a git subtree under the Linux kernel. This would allow
> > other projects outside of the Linux kernel to be able to update their
> > own copy / fork of kconfig in a jiffie *very* easily.
> 
> Hell no.  Not because I'm against sharing, but because git submodules
> are a complete fucking pain to deal with.  Adding submodules just fucks
> up being able to easily use a repository.  

I agree wholeheartedly! But I was not alking about git submodules. I
think git submodules should be taken to the back of an alley and shot.
But, git subtrees, however, now that is proving to me to be very sexy.

  Luis