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Re: Re: [PATCH 2/2] Introduce git submodule attached update

From
Heiko Voigt <hvoigt@hvoigt.net>
Date
Jan 7, 2014, 22:51 UTC
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<20140107225128.GC10782@sandbox-ub>
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<20140107041004.GA11060@odin.tremily.us>
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On Mon, Jan 06, 2014 at 08:10:04PM -0800, W. Trevor King wrote:
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> Here's an attempted summary of our desires, and my ideal route
> forward:
> 
> * Preferred local submodule branches for each superproject branch.
>   * Not currently supported by Git.
>   * Requires some sort of per-superproject-branch .git/config.
>   * Fall back to the remote-tracking submodule.<name>.branch?
> 
> * Auto checkout of the preferred branch
>   * Can do this at clone-update time with my patch.
>   * For later submodule branch switches, maybe we want:
> 
>       git submodule checkout [-b <branch>] [<paths>…]
> 
>     Then if a user blows off their detached HEAD, at least they'll
>     feel a bit sheepish afterwards.

Well, for development on a detached HEAD in a submodule we are currently not very careful anyway. A simple

	git submodule update

will already blow away any detached HEAD work. But AFAIK it should trigger the "you are leaving commits from a detached HEAD behind" warning, so there is some safeguard and recovery.

Cheers Heiko
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Message 27 of 40 in “git-submodule.sh: Support 'checkout' as a valid update command”
  1. 1/2 git-submodule.sh: Support 'checkout' as a valid update commandFrancesco Pretto, Jan 5, 2014
  2. 2/2 Introduce git submodule attached updateFrancesco Pretto, Jan 5, 2014
  3. Francesco PrettoJan 5, 2014
  4. Heiko VoigtJan 5, 2014
  5. Francesco PrettoJan 5, 2014
  6. Heiko VoigtJan 6, 2014
  7. Francesco PrettoJan 6, 2014
  8. David EngsterJan 6, 2014
  9. W. Trevor KingJan 7, 2014
  10. W. Trevor KingJan 7, 2014
  11. Preferred local submodule branches (was: Introduce git submodule attached update)W. Trevor King, Jan 7, 2014
  12. W. Trevor KingJan 7, 2014
  13. W. Trevor KingJan 8, 2014
  14. W. Trevor KingJan 8, 2014
  15. 0/4 Preferred local submodule branchesW. Trevor King, Jan 9, 2014
  16. 1/4 submodule: Add helpers for configurable local branchesW. Trevor King, Jan 9, 2014
  17. 2/4 submodule: Teach 'update' to preserve local branchesW. Trevor King, Jan 9, 2014
  18. 3/4 submodule: Teach 'add' about a configurable local-branchW. Trevor King, Jan 9, 2014
  19. Francesco PrettoJan 15, 2014
  20. W. Trevor KingJan 15, 2014
  21. 4/4 submodule: Add a new 'checkout' commandW. Trevor King, Jan 9, 2014
  22. Tight submodule bindings (was: Preferred local submodule branches)W. Trevor King, Jan 12, 2014
  23. Jens LehmannJan 13, 2014
  24. W. Trevor KingJan 13, 2014
  25. Junio C HamanoJan 13, 2014
  26. W. Trevor KingJan 14, 2014
  27. Heiko VoigtJan 7, 2014
  28. W. Trevor KingJan 7, 2014
  29. Junio C HamanoJan 7, 2014
  30. Francesco PrettoJan 7, 2014
  31. Junio C HamanoJan 7, 2014
  32. Francesco PrettoJan 7, 2014
  33. Francesco PrettoJan 5, 2014
  34. Heiko VoigtJan 6, 2014
  35. W. Trevor KingJan 6, 2014
  36. Heiko VoigtJan 5, 2014
  37. W. Trevor KingJan 5, 2014
  38. Junio C HamanoJan 6, 2014
  39. Junio C HamanoJan 6, 2014
  40. Francesco PrettoJan 6, 2014

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