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Re: git submodules

From
Petr Baudis <pasky@suse.cz>
Date
Jul 29, 2008, 08:51 UTC
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<20080729085125.GJ32184@machine.or.cz>
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<20080729083755.GC32312@artemis.madism.org>
On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 10:37:55AM +0200, Pierre Habouzit wrote:
> So okay, let's scratch this "automatic reference" thing, I see its
> limits now, so what about having a .gitmodule entry look like:
> 
>     [submodule "$path"]
This is not a "$path" but arbitrary string. Please keep that in mind.
> 	path = "$path"
> 	url = git://somewhere/
> 	tracks = master

I do like this (well, I'd just name it "branch" instead of "tracks"). I use submodules very "traditionally" just to bind external projects of certain version to my project, but I have been already thinking about implementing this merely as a hint for others to know what branch should the other developers follow when updating the submodule to a newer version.

-- 
				Petr "Pasky" Baudis
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its true name.  -- Ken Thompson and Dennis M. Ritchie
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