From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2012 22:27:59 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] git-submodule add: Add -r/--record option.
Message-ID: <20121029222759.GI20513@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <CABURp0otR2S1aOAWwnaFYFGRi_2cCBODbghck-BqUTw2B_ci3A@mail.gmail.com>

On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 06:21:08PM -0400, Phil Hord wrote:

> > Maybe instead of blindly converting config into the environment, it
> > should forward or clear specific known-meaning config.
> 
> Well, that's where we started.  I was aiming for the more generic
> "never needs updating" direction.

Then I think you are probably stuck taking the conservative approach of
not propagating recursively.

-Peff