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

> > > Ah, good, then we *are* all using the option for the same thing.
> > 
> > That makes me more comfortable. Your patch adds support for setting the
> > variable initially. Does it need any special magic for maintenance, or
> > is it something that would always be updated by hand?
> 
> Everyone we've heard from so far interprets the setting as “pull from
> $branch in the remote repository $url to update the submodule”.  With
> Phil's export, that would become
> 
>   $ git submodule foreach 'git checkout "$submodule_branch" && git pull'
>   $ git commit -a -m "Updated submodules"
>   $ git push
> 
> As Nahor mentioned on the 23rd, there are a number of ways that the
> upstream branch could disappear, but Git has no way to know what the
> new branch setting should be.  This means that even if we make “pull
> from $branch” interpretation official, we still couldn't do anything
> slick about updating it.  So, yes, it will be updated by hand.