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Are subversion externals an antipattern?

I am the author of the quote in the question, which came from a previous answer. Jason is right to be suspicious of brief statements such as mine, and to ask for an explanation. Of course, if I fully explained everything in that answer, I would need to have written a book. Mike is also … Read more

Why are git submodules incompatible with svn externals?

The fundamental difference is the composition rule. In a true component-based approach, you define a configuration, that is: The list of labels (of SHA1 commits for Git) you need for your project to “work” (i.e. “develop”, “compile”, “deploy”, …). Each commit referenced in a configuration helps you to get the exact versions of all trees. … Read more