Re: git-submodule.sh respects submodule.$name.update in .git/config but not .gitmodules

From: W. Trevor King <wking@tremily.us>
Date: Dec 12, 2013, 19:14 UTC
Message-ID: <20131212191429.GI25409@odin.tremily.us>
In-Reply-To: <52AA072F.2000105@web.de>

On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 07:57:51PM +0100, Jens Lehmann wrote:

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> Am 12.12.2013 02:16, schrieb Junio C Hamano:
> > I think the solution we want is to copy only minimum to the config
> > (and that "minimum" may turn out to be "nothing"), and to default
> > keys that are only absolutely safe to .gitmodules file.
> 
> I agree and will prepare a patch for that.
> 
> What about teaching "git submodule sync" the "--url", "--update",
> "--fetch", "--ignore", "--branch" and "--all" options to allow the
> user to copy the current settings he wants from .gitmodules to
> .git/config (but only safe values of course)? Trevor, would you be
> ok to issue another command to copy everything to .git/config?

Sounds good to me. The more stuff I can leave in .gitmodules, the happier I'll be ;). My second step will be removing “unsafe” values from .git/config where possible, and I'll trust myself to check .gitmodules after pulls.

Cheers, Trevor

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