SVN for src, status?

[Frank Ch. Eigler]

"Joseph S. Myers" <joseph@codesourcery.com> writes:

> 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, 

FWIW, I used to think this sort of thing was a "key feature" too, but
when checkouts, commits, merges, and basically everything is so damn
fast, there is really no need for it.  (The mechanism by which current
src/configure limits the builds to whichever source trees actually
exist in the checkout would have to be changed.)

> and do single commits affecting various subsets of the directories)?

(Sure, you can commit whatever subset of your local changes you so
designate with e.g. "git add" before "git commit".)

- FChE