Re: [RFC] Submodules in GIT

From: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date: Dec 3, 2006, 01:31 UTC
Message-ID: <200612030231.05900.jnareb@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <200612030224.50592.robin.rosenberg.lists@dewire.com>

Dnia niedziela 3. grudnia 2006 02:24, Robin Rosenberg napisał:

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> lördag 02 december 2006 21:16 skrev Jakub Narebski:
> > The problem with submodule as separate git repository is that if you
> > move submodule (subproject) somewhere else in the repository (or just
> > rename it), you have to update alternates file... and this happens not
> > only on move itself, but also on checkout and reset. But that can be
> > managed by having in alternates all possible places the submodule ends
> > into. I don't know if it is truly a problem.
> 
> A nasty problem with separate repositories for submodules is that when you 
> screw up and git complains about everything you try do do, you previously 
> could do rm -rf *; git reset --hard and retry whatever you were trying to do. 
> With separate repositories your submodules will be resting in /dev/null, 
> unless you're very, very careful.

Actually, rm -rf * is not needed for "git reset --hard" or "git checkout -f" to succeed.

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Jakub Narebski