{"thread":{"id":"16654","subject":"Getting submodules to follow symlinks?","startedAt":"2008-12-09T12:55:47Z","lastAt":"2008-12-09T17:29:32Z","messageCount":2,"participants":["Jonathan del Strother","Edward Z. Yang"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"97430","messageId":"57518fd10812090455wd109843mfece11eae9e4f593@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"16654","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"Getting submodules to follow symlinks?","fromName":"Jonathan del Strother","fromEmail":"maillist@steelskies.com","sentAt":"2008-12-09T12:55:47Z","receivedAt":"2008-12-09T12:55:47Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"jon.delstrother@bestbefore.tv","avatar":"https://gravatar.com/avatar/754e21ab701c00e2d21fc261187254c34b2a1c0b959d9ee5be1a295990be3081?d=mp&s=160"},"body":"My git repository contains a symlink to another repository.  I'd like\nto make that second repository a submodule of the first, in such a way\nthat when someone else clones the repository, there's no trace of the\noriginal symlink.\n\nIs this possible?\n-Jon\n"},{"id":"97442","messageId":"ghm9ts$hib$1@ger.gmane.org","threadId":"16654","inReplyTo":"57518fd10812090455wd109843mfece11eae9e4f593@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: Getting submodules to follow symlinks?","fromName":"Edward Z. Yang","fromEmail":"edwardzyang@thewritingpot.com","sentAt":"2008-12-09T17:29:32Z","receivedAt":"2008-12-09T17:29:32Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"edwardzyang@thewritingpot.com","avatar":"https://gravatar.com/avatar/a805a0a3c1d7d36e7fe22270596e4d812723652933c59cac267e67c79126fdd0?d=mp&s=160"},"body":"Jonathan del Strother wrote:\n> My git repository contains a symlink to another repository.  I'd like\n> to make that second repository a submodule of the first, in such a way\n> that when someone else clones the repository, there's no trace of the\n> original symlink.\n\nYeah. If you register the submodule and then commit, the first\nrepository would contain the submodule information, and anyone who loads\nsubmodules in another clone will not see the symlink.\n\nCheers,\nEdward\n"}]}