Git branches with completely different content

Question

Since Git has the ability to keep track (and keep it clean) of branches with completely different content from each other, in the same repository, some projects (like Git it

Answer 1

I'd say it's more like a lazy workaround for the fact that Git can't currently handle having multiple projects stored in the same repository. You can do it, but there's no way to pull down just the one you want.

I say "lazy", because it wouldn't have been too horribly tough to add the feature when the git developers themselves discovered a need for it (for storing docs). Since they used this weird branch hack, their incentive to fix the issue for everyone else has abated significanly.