Git Limitations

Breezy’s support for Git repositories currently has the following limitations:

  • No support for creating annotated tags. pad.lv/1758185

  • No support for gitattributes and the features that depend on it (lfs, eol, etc). pad.lv/1802797

  • Limited support for submodules. pad.lv/402814

  • No rename/copy inference. pad.lv/1760740

  • No support for creating shallow branches (pad.lv/1760151)

  • No good way to refer to git remotes from the command-line (pad.lv/1702283)

  • No mailmap support (pad.lv/544031)

Functionality similar to git that’s missing:

  • No rebase command. pad.lv/1708046

  • No –amend option for commit. pad.lv/507529

  • No clone/fetch commands. pad.lv/831939