Re: [PATCH] Let .git/config specify the url for submodules

> On 5/28/07, Lars Hjemli <hjemli@gmail.com> wrote:
> > This changes git-submodule in a few ways:
> 
> Please don't apply the "Let .git/config specify the url for
> submodules" patch, I'm having second thoughts ;-)
> 
> Your design outline in
> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/48287 is
> obviously superior, and I'd like to take a stab at it with something
> like this:
> 
> 1. 'git-submodule init' saves submodule name and suggested url from
> .gitmodules into .git/config (submodule.$name.url)
> 
> 2. 'git-submodule update' keeps the work tree updated for submodules
> with five separate (and optional) operations:
>   a) git-clone --bare $url .git/submodules/$name.git
>   b) git-clone -l -s .git/submodules/$name.git $path
>   c) cd .git/submodules/$name.git && git-fetch
>   d) cd $path && git-fetch
>   e) cd $path && git-checkout $sha1
> 
> 3) 'git-submodule push' runs something like 'cd $path && git push
> origin $branch', where $branch is found in .gitmodules
> (path.$path.branch).