Re: [PATCH] vcs_info: add 'find-deepest' zstyle

[Frank Terbeck <ft@xxxxxxx>]

Heya,

Daniel Shahaf wrote:
> Oliver Kiddle wrote on Sat, 24 Oct 2020 04:31 +0200:
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>> I don't have much use for nested repositories but vcs_info tends to be
>> more use with git than subversion.
>
> +1, primarily because git is much more stateful (e.g., interrupted
> rebases).

I think it's mostly because git is a decentralised system, where more
information is available without having to touch a networked system,
like the central server in centralised systems. The latter will kill
latency dependant use cases, such as prompts.


Regards, Frank