From: Sven Verdoolaege <skimo@kotnet.org>
Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2007 14:51:04 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Let .git/config specify the url for submodules
Message-ID: <20070601145104.GY955MdfPADPa@greensroom.kotnet.org>
In-Reply-To: <8c5c35580706010745l76fc5410l21f2e3f385693ad9@mail.gmail.com>

On Fri, Jun 01, 2007 at 04:45:06PM +0200, Lars Hjemli wrote:
> On 6/1/07, Sven Verdoolaege <skimo@kotnet.org> wrote:
> >On Fri, Jun 01, 2007 at 11:25:42AM +0200, Lars Hjemli wrote:
> >> [path '$path']
> >>  submodule=modulename
> >>  url=/some/url
> >
> >Wouldn't it make more sense to have
> >
> >[path '$path']
> >        submodule=modulename
> >
> >and
> >
> >[submodule '$modulename']
> >        url=/some/url
> >
> >in case the same module appears in more than one path?
> 
> Yes, that would be a properly normalized model.
> 
> Hmm.... Maybe we could allow both variations, with your suggestion
> overriding mine if both are present? (I think there would be many
> cases where the extra level of [submodule...] wouldn't be needed.

Hmm.... I was thinking that the extra "path" level could be optional,
i.e., if there is no path.$path.submodule, then the name of the
submodule would simply be $path.

skimo