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Re: [RFC PATCH] Move git-dir for submodules

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Fredrik Gustafsson <iveqy@iveqy.com>
Date
Jul 22, 2011, 19:02 UTC
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<20110722190223.GA27076@kolya>
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<7vhb6f1ipp.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
Thanks for the review. I'll send an updated series soon.
On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 01:28:50PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Is it really necessary to have an ugly
> loop to make things relative, though?

The path must be relative to allow the superproject to be moved around.

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> I wonder if we want a new option to "git rev-parse" so that we can say
> 
> 	git rev-parse --is-well-formed-git-dir init/.git
> 
> to perform these checks without exposing the implimentation detail.

How about using (cd <repo>; git rev-parse --verify HEAD" >/dev/null) instead?

Med vänliga hälsningar Fredrik Gustafsson

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  1. Move git-dir for submodulesFredrik Gustafsson, Jul 21, 2011
  2. Junio C HamanoJul 21, 2011
  3. Phil HordJul 21, 2011
  4. Phil HordJul 21, 2011
  5. Junio C HamanoJul 21, 2011
  6. Junio C HamanoJul 21, 2011
  7. Fredrik GustafssonJul 22, 2011
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