Re: question about git-submodule

From: Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
Date: Jul 15, 2007, 10:47 UTC
Message-ID: <20070715104712.GF2568@steel.home>
In-Reply-To: <20070715083959.GC999MdfPADPa@greensroom.kotnet.org>

Sven Verdoolaege, Sun, Jul 15, 2007 10:39:59 +0200:

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> On Fri, Jul 13, 2007 at 11:46:30PM +0200, VMiklos wrote:
> > i mean, first i thought that after configuring a submodule under libfoo,
> > then a git pull will update libfoo's repo under libfoo, too. or
> > something like that.
> 
> Unless I've missed something, it doesn't.
> Some of use would like git to do just that (at least Alex Riesen,
> Martin Waitz and myself have sent in patches to that effect),
> but we haven't been able to convince Junio yet.

Count me out. Junio convinced me instead and having tried the subprojects I find it really convenient: I can choose when and what should be updated and I can see what _can_ be updated, iff I decide to. Subprojects defined in such a loosely way are more flexible then having git-pull fetch subprojects by default. Sometimes I even want be _sure_ the subprojects are completely untouched (I have some critical parts in them).