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Re: [PATCH v2] git-submodule add: Add -r/--record option.

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W. Trevor King <wking@tremily.us>
Date
Oct 25, 2012, 00:53 UTC
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On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 09:15:32PM +0200, Jens Lehmann wrote:
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> I still fail to see what adding that functionality to the submodule
> command buys us (unless we also add code which really uses the branch
> setting). What's wrong with doing a simple:
> 
>    git config -f .gitmodules submodule.<path>.branch <record_branch>
> 
> on the command line when you want to use the branch setting for your
> own purposes? You could easily wrap that into a helper script, no?

Sure. But why maintain my own helper script if I can edit git-submodules.sh? It seems like a number of people are using this config option, and they generally store the same name in it that they use to create the submodule. This way I can save them time too.

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  1. W. Trevor KingOct 23, 2012
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