From: Martin Waitz <tali@admingilde.org>
Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2006 23:07:32 GMT
Subject: Re: [RFC] Submodules in GIT
Message-ID: <20061201230732.GO18810@admingilde.org>
In-Reply-To: <200612012355.03493.Josef.Weidendorfer@gmx.de>

hoi :)

On Fri, Dec 01, 2006 at 11:55:03PM +0100, Josef Weidendorfer wrote:
> What about my other argument for a submodule namespace:
> You want to be able to move the relative root path of a submodule
> inside of your supermodule, but yet want to have a unique name
> for the submodule:
> - to be able to just clone a submodule without having to know
> the current position in HEAD
> - more practically, e.g. to be able to name a submodule
> independent from any current commit you are on in the supermodule,
> e.g. to be able to store some meta information about a submodule:
> - "Where is the official upstream of this submodule?"

you can always have a bare repository for all used modules lying around
in some defined location.  There is no need for a unique submodule-name.

-- 
Martin Waitz