Re: [RFC] Submodules in GIT

From: Martin Waitz <tali@admingilde.org>
Date: Dec 2, 2006, 20:21 UTC
Message-ID: <20061202202103.GS18810@admingilde.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0612021144520.3476@woody.osdl.org>

hoi :)

On Sat, Dec 02, 2006 at 11:52:13AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:

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> I don't think it would be wrong at all to have a "link object" type, and 
> have the "link" tree entry actually point to that "link object" instead of 
> pointing directly to the commit in the submodule.
> 
> And yes, that extra indirection would allow for more flexibility (the 
> "link object" can contain comments about the particular version used, 
> pointers to where you can get it - whether human-readable or strictly 
> meant for automation - etc etc).

What makes a submodule so special that now we suddenly have to store those stuff in the object database?

Storing a fetch location would grossly contradict the distributed nature of git. I really do not see _any_ reason to store more information than the commit sha1 of the submodule.

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Martin Waitz