SVN for src, status?

[Joseph S. Myers]

On Thu, 7 May 2009, Tom Tromey wrote:

> >>>>> "Ian" == Ian Lance Taylor <iant@google.com> writes:
> 
> Ian> One issue with converting is that ideally every project in /cvs/src
> Ian> would agree to move.
> 
> I propose that we bypass svn and move directly to git.

How does git handle the key feature for src, sparse checkouts (a single 
repository from which you can check out just the parts relevant for 
binutils, or GDB, or ..., or everything, and do single commits affecting 
various subsets of the directories)?

-- 
Joseph S. Myers
joseph@codesourcery.com