When would I choose meta in preference to repo a.k.a. git-repo ?

When would I choose meta in preference to repo a.k.a. git-repo ?

Re. repo at https://gerrit.googlesource.com/git-repo/ it seems to do same job? What is core difference & when do you advice us to choose one over the other?

Furthermore the README says meta has

no strange side effects of git submodules or subtree

but what exactly are the these problems? Why is meta better than submodules?

I think this info would be helpful in the project README.

I am a total newbie with meta so apologies if my questions are too simple.

[patrickleet]

[mateodelnorte]

@k1eran last I looked at repo, it had a whooooole lot of convention that was tightly coupled to Android development. At the very least it would cause you to have to overlook a bunch of cruft you don’t need in your solution. At the worst, it might not work. I didn’t try hard enough to see if the second option was reality. If you want to invest time in it, I’d be happy to hear back about your experience.

The intention behind meta was to create the simplest tool possible, using first principles. How can I use the simple, basic concepts in git to extend git’s functionality? That’s meta.