The git tree is the source code [LWN.net]

The git tree is the source code

Posted Nov 15, 2012 12:08 UTC (Thu) by pbonzini (subscriber, #60935)
In reply to: The git tree is the source code by apoelstra
Parent article: Introducing RedPatch (Ksplice Blog)

> (a) I am a project developer, and I need git to keep track of all the work I'm doing, or

Just use quilt, you do not need the history.

(Devil's advocate, of course---nowadays I'm spoiled by the ease of doing "git init", but I was doing the above a lot in CVS/svn days).

> (b) I am not a project developer, so I'm just doing a small bugfix. Then I'd like 'git log' or 'git blame' to find out where the bug came from.

Nice to have, but definitely not a requirement for modification.

(Not devil's advocate here, I rarely do "git clone" if I'm just fixing something for myself. I just work on top of the Fedora package).

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