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Re: Intricacies of submodules [was: Migrating svn to git with heavy use of externals]

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RSRoman Shaposhnik <rvs@sun.com>
Date
Apr 10, 2008, 19:27 UTC
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On Fri, 2008-04-11 at 00:07 +0800, Ping Yin wrote:
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> On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 11:43 AM, Roman Shaposhnik <rvs@sun.com> wrote:
> > Hi Junio!
> >
> 
> >      * Has an idea of having a regular file (subject to having history,
> > etc.)
> >        called something like .gitconfig at the top level of Git's repository
> > ever
> >        been considered (implemented?). That way you a repository maintainer
> >        would be able to force a particular set of settings on all of its
> > clones
> >        yet clones will be able to override then in .git/config if needed.
> >
> 
> I like this idea, it's another common/special requirement just like
> .gitignore vs. $GIT_DIR/info/exclude.

Well, I guess if enough of us like it there's a chance it can be implemented, right? ;-)

To some extent it seems that you've solved this particular issue for submodules with your PATCH/RFC 3/7. Now, in a general case, if git-config(1) can be patched to take into account one extra place for retrieving options from (.gitconfig) it seems that retiring .gitmodules completely would be just one benefit of many. Other benefits would include propagating setting like most of the core.* and quite a few other things I see listed in git-config(1) man page.

It seems that the only downside here would be a need for a bit of special handling when a setting needs to be recorded. Otherwise it looks like a pretty clean and general idea.

Thanks, Roman.

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  3. Avery PennarunApr 8, 2008
  4. D. Stuart FreemanApr 8, 2008
  5. Avery PennarunApr 8, 2008
  6. D. Stuart FreemanApr 8, 2008
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  8. Avery PennarunApr 9, 2008
  9. Roman ShaposhnikApr 9, 2008
  10. Avery PennarunApr 9, 2008
  11. Junio C HamanoApr 9, 2008
  12. Intricacies of submodules [was: Migrating svn to git with heavy use of externals]Roman Shaposhnik, Apr 10, 2008
  13. Junio C HamanoApr 10, 2008
  14. Roman ShaposhnikApr 10, 2008
  15. Junio C HamanoApr 11, 2008
  16. Ping YinApr 11, 2008
  17. Junio C HamanoApr 11, 2008
  18. Roman ShaposhnikApr 12, 2008
  19. Junio C HamanoApr 12, 2008
  20. Roman ShaposhnikApr 14, 2008
  21. Junio C HamanoApr 15, 2008
  22. Ping YinApr 15, 2008
  23. Roman V. ShaposhnikApr 16, 2008
  24. Jeremy Maitin-ShepardApr 17, 2008
  25. Linus TorvaldsApr 17, 2008
  26. Junio C HamanoApr 17, 2008
  27. Roman V. ShaposhnikApr 17, 2008
  28. Martin LanghoffApr 17, 2008
  29. Junio C HamanoApr 17, 2008
  30. Sverre RabbelierApr 17, 2008
  31. Martin LanghoffApr 17, 2008
  32. Sverre RabbelierApr 17, 2008
  33. Martin LanghoffApr 17, 2008
  34. Ping YinApr 18, 2008
  35. Dmitry PotapovApr 17, 2008
  36. Linus TorvaldsApr 17, 2008
  37. Ping YinApr 18, 2008
  38. Jakub NarebskiApr 18, 2008
  39. Ping YinApr 12, 2008
  40. Roman ShaposhnikApr 14, 2008
  41. Ping YinApr 12, 2008
  42. Junio C HamanoApr 12, 2008
  43. Ping YinApr 12, 2008
  44. Ping YinApr 10, 2008
  45. Roman ShaposhnikApr 10, 2008
  46. Intricacies of submodules [was: Migrating svn to git with heavy use of externals]Roman Shaposhnik, Apr 9, 2008
  47. Avery PennarunApr 9, 2008
  48. Avery PennarunApr 18, 2008

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