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Re: [RFC] Configurable name(s) for .gitmodules

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SVSven Verdoolaege <skimo@kotnet.org>
Date
Dec 10, 2007, 16:54 UTC
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On Sat, Dec 08, 2007 at 12:00:12AM +0800, Ping Yin wrote:
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> I have a super project with many submodules. Each kind of role may
> check out different set of submodules. There are some common modules
> which are almost checked out by every role.
> 
> Here comes my question: how to implement this elegantly? If all
> submodules are put in the same .gitmodules, every role has to in the
> command line manually designate all submodules to be checked out.

You could have submodules (roles in your case) containing other submodules, as proposed in the thread that ends in http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/48643/focus=48939

skimo
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