Michael Raskin wrote: > On 04/23/2010 10:27 AM, Yury G. Kudryashov wrote: >> 1. Are there any objections? > > Well, there are some features that SVN has and many DVCS lack. > a) checking out only a subdirectory. Most VCSes have branch granularity > for checkouts. If someone wants to commit to, say, nixpgs, he will need the whole nixpkgs tree to test his changes. So, I don't think that branch granularity is a problem. > b) checking out only a specified revision. > The question here is also about being able to commit after such partial > checkouts.. If someone wants to commit, he will need head revision. I know that git support shallow clones with possibility to commit. Don't know about other dvcs.
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