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Re: let git grep consider sub projects

From
Olaf Hering <olaf@aepfle.de>
Date
Oct 8, 2014, 07:31 UTC
Message-ID
<20141008073140.GA28807@aepfle.de>
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On Wed, Oct 08, Jens Lehmann wrote:
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> Okay, I just checked that xen doesn't use submodules but uses simple
> embedded repos ignored by the .gitignore file. From a quick glance
> it looks like handling the sub projects is scripted in the Makefiles.
> This is perfectly fine, but then you can't really expect git commands
> to know about these sub projects. Or am I missing something?

I just did not know about the submodule command. And I did not realize that they are in .gitignore, which should have been obvious.

I will check if using submodule instead of plain clone can be done, without breaking anyones workflow.

Olaf
Previous: Jens Lehmann
Message 7 of 7 in “let git grep consider sub projects”
  1. Olaf HeringOct 7, 2014
  2. Junio C HamanoOct 7, 2014
  3. Mikael MagnussonOct 7, 2014
  4. Jens LehmannOct 8, 2014
  5. Olaf HeringOct 8, 2014
  6. Jens LehmannOct 8, 2014
  7. Olaf HeringOct 8, 2014

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