Re: [PATCH 07/16] git-read-tree: take --submodules option

From: Sven Verdoolaege <skimo@kotnet.org>
Date: May 18, 2007, 22:08 UTC
Message-ID: <20070518220826.GM942MdfPADPa@greensroom.kotnet.org>
In-Reply-To: <20070518215312.GB10475@steel.home>

I noticed there's a whole thread about subprojects that I haven't read yet, so this may have been addressed already ....

On Fri, May 18, 2007 at 11:53:12PM +0200, Alex Riesen wrote:

> Can we have this option (and corresponding support in the following
> patches, of course) first?

That's why the clone thing comes last.

> It is enough to have subprojects working
> locally, and people can start using them immediately: anyone can clone
> the subprojects manually if he wishes so.

Anyone can run git-write-tree and git-commit-tree is she wishes so...

> Cloning of subprojects is still unclear, and frankly I'm not sure it
> should be done at all. Not even with an option which is off by
> default.

Then don't use it.

The reason for not putting this in shouldn't be that someone doesn't think it is useful; the reason should be that my code is crap.

skimo