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

From: Sven Verdoolaege <skimo@kotnet.org>
Date: Jun 2, 2007, 07:49 UTC
Message-ID: <20070602074910.GB955MdfPADPa@greensroom.kotnet.org>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.0.98.0706010919360.3957@woody.linux-foundation.org>

On Fri, Jun 01, 2007 at 09:29:58AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:

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> 	[module "infrastructure"]
> 		submodule = lib
> 		submodule = build
> 
> 	[submodule "lib"]
> 		url = git://xyzzy/lib-1.2.3
> 
> 	[submodule "build"]
> 		url = git://xyzzy/build-0.61
> 
> 
> IOW, in the above case, we have *three* modules:
> 
>  - module "infrastructure", that is the union of submodules/paths "lib" 
>    and "build"
>  - module "lib" (== submodule/path "lib")
>  - module "build" (== submodule/path "build")

If there are three modules, then why is one in the "module" section and the other two in the "submodule" section? Why not allow a module to both contain smaller modules and be contained in a bigger module?

skimo