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Re: tracking submodules out of main directory.

From
Heiko Voigt <hvoigt@hvoigt.net>
Date
Aug 4, 2011, 20:05 UTC
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<20110804200529.GA35398@book.hvoigt.net>
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<1312410562.3261.1030.camel@Naugrim.eriador.com>
Hi,
On Thu, Aug 04, 2011 at 12:29:22AM +0200, henri GEIST wrote:
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> Le mercredi 03 ao??t 2011 ?? 23:30 +0200, Jens Lehmann a ??crit :
> > Let me make this clear: this is not about changing how submodules are
> > committed in a superproject. It is not about having a loose collection of
> > projects, they stay tied together in a defined state by the superproject.
> > 
> 
> Yes but for me, from when I started this this topic, it was all about
> having a loose collection of project with dependency references between
> them. And get rid of the superproject.
> It is my first and only goal.

In that case maybe what you want is your own completely independent implementation of a tool which manages a collection of submodules. I doubt that tracking of submodules outside of the worktree will ever be accepted inside core git. Some dependency scheme which makes use of the current submodule implementation could be a feasible way but you can not get rid of the superproject.

Your approach introduces many problems which you were not able to present solutions for. So if you really want to work on this I suggest you try to implement your solution outside of core git first. If you can prove that you can solve all the immanent problems we can discuss integrating it into git again.

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> > Henri wanted it a bit upside down: any submodule could request a certain
> > version of another submodule somewhere else in the repo. And he wanted to
> > use gitlinks from one submodule to another for that, which I - hopefully -
> > convinced him was no good idea.
> > 
> 
> You just convince me that submodules are more than I need and to make a
> lighter independent version of submodules which will never been followed
> by git commands.

As described above this is probably the best way for you. Maybe you can prove that such a tool works but git's submodules implementation can currently not really assist you with your approach.

Cheers Heiko
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  1. henri GEISTJun 27, 2011
  2. Junio C HamanoJun 27, 2011
  3. Jens LehmannJun 27, 2011
  4. henri GEISTJun 27, 2011
  5. Jens LehmannJun 27, 2011
  6. henri GEISTJun 27, 2011
  7. Junio C HamanoJun 27, 2011
  8. Jens LehmannJun 27, 2011
  9. henri GEISTJun 27, 2011
  10. Jens LehmannJun 28, 2011
  11. henri GEISTJun 28, 2011
  12. henri GEISTJun 27, 2011
  13. Jens LehmannJun 28, 2011
  14. Jens LehmannJun 28, 2011
  15. henri GEISTJun 28, 2011
  16. Alexei SholikJun 28, 2011
  17. Jens LehmannJun 28, 2011
  18. henri GEISTJul 27, 2011
  19. henri GEISTJul 28, 2011
  20. Jens LehmannJul 28, 2011
  21. henri GEISTJul 29, 2011
  22. Jens LehmannJul 30, 2011
  23. henri GEISTJul 30, 2011
  24. Jens LehmannAug 1, 2011
  25. henri GEISTAug 2, 2011
  26. Jens LehmannAug 2, 2011
  27. Heiko VoigtAug 3, 2011
  28. henri GEISTAug 3, 2011
  29. Junio C HamanoAug 3, 2011
  30. Jens LehmannAug 3, 2011
  31. Junio C HamanoAug 3, 2011
  32. Jens LehmannAug 3, 2011
  33. henri GEISTAug 3, 2011
  34. Jens LehmannAug 4, 2011
  35. henri GEISTAug 5, 2011
  36. Heiko VoigtAug 4, 2011
  37. henri GEISTAug 5, 2011
  38. Heiko VoigtAug 3, 2011
  39. henri GEISTAug 3, 2011
  40. henri GEISTAug 3, 2011
  41. henri GEISTAug 3, 2011
  42. Heiko VoigtAug 1, 2011
  43. henri GEISTAug 2, 2011
  44. henri GEISTJun 27, 2011
  45. Jens LehmannJun 27, 2011
  46. henri GEISTJun 27, 2011
  47. henri GEISTAug 3, 2011

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