Re: [PATCH v8 0/3] submodule update: add --remote for submodule's upstream changes

From: Heiko Voigt <hvoigt@hvoigt.net>
Date: Dec 21, 2012, 08:18 UTC
Message-ID: <20121221081803.GA560@book.hvoigt.net>
In-Reply-To: <cover.1355932282.git.wking@tremily.us>

Hi,

On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 11:03:30AM -0500, wking@tremily.us wrote:

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> From: "W. Trevor King" <wking@tremily.us>
> 
> Comments on v7 seem to have petered out, so here's v8.  Changes since
> v7:
> 
> * Series based on gitster/master instead of v1.8.0.
> * In Documentation/config.txt, restored trailing line of
>   submodule.<name>.update documentation, which I had accidentally
>   removed in v7.
> * In Documentation/git-submodule.txt, make --no-fetch example in the
>   --remote description more general, following Phil's suggestion.
> * In git-submodule.sh:
>   * Remove accidental "ges" line.
>   * Use the submodule's default remote to determine which tracking
>     branch to fetch.  In v7 I'd been using the superproject's default
>     remote.
>   * In cmd_add(), use sm_name instead of sm_path to store the --branch
>     option (catching up with 73b0898).

Sorry, I was not able to follow the discussion that closely lately but I like the outcome. For me there is nothing to change or add functionality wise. Thanks.

Cheers Heiko