From: Nanako Shiraishi Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 01:32:08 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] submodule: add --no-fetch parameter to update command Message-ID: <20090111103208.6117@nanako3.lavabit.com> In-Reply-To: <1231553410-7541-2-git-send-email-git@fabian-franz.de> Quoting Fabian Franz writes: > When -u|--use-gitmodules is given the update command uses the .gitmodules > config file instead of the .git/config file to obtain the track parameter. > This makes it for example possible to change branches for all submodules > at the same time without having to sync up .git/config first. > > Signed-off-by: Fabian Franz Once you start doing that, doesn't it force you to always bypass .git/config, making the current mechanism even less useful? If you find that "having to sync up .git/config first" is inconvenient, wouldn't it be more useful for your patch if it made it easier and more convenient the procedure "to sync up .git/config first", instead of bypassing the current setup? -- Nanako Shiraishi http://ivory.ap.teacup.com/nanako3/