On: Better alternatives to git submodules

[conradludgate]

I occasionally (less than once a month) work on the rust project. They probably rightfully use submodules to pull in llvm and cargo and other dependencies. However, every time I change branch or rebase, there's some kind if conflict or breakage caused by the submodules.

Just last week I rebased and the cargo submodule was changed to dirty? I didn't touch the folder. I deleted the folder and reran my submodule init/updated dance to no avail.

I had to fix it by going into that folder and running `git restore .` because somehow everything got removed?

So yeah. I don't like submodules. They probably make sense but they are not at all intuitive if they are so fragile like that

[baby → conradludgate]

Same issue here. I've never tried git subtree though, I'm wondering if people who have can chime in.