Re: [PATCH v2 10/11] submodule--helper init: set submodule.<name>.active

> On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 5:23 PM, Brandon Williams <bmwill@google.com> wrote:
> > When initializing a submodule set the submodule.<name>.active config to
> > true to indicate that the submodule is active.
> 
> So by this patch an init of a submodule performs both
> a "regular init" (copy URL and the update setting)
> as well as setting the new submodule.<name>.active.
> 
> And both happens in the same config file (i.e. no worktree
> support here)

> 
> Later on we *could* remove the URL as the .active is the new
> flag of existence.
> 
> But enough of my speculation, I am left wondering what this
> patch accomplishes, as this states no agenda as why it is useful
> on its own.
> 
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Brandon Williams <bmwill@google.com>
> > ---
> >  builtin/submodule--helper.c | 7 +++++++
> >  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/builtin/submodule--helper.c b/builtin/submodule--helper.c
> > index bceb62a20..44f2c02ba 100644
> > --- a/builtin/submodule--helper.c
> > +++ b/builtin/submodule--helper.c
> > @@ -329,6 +329,13 @@ static void init_submodule(const char *path, const char *prefix, int quiet)
> >                 die(_("No url found for submodule path '%s' in .gitmodules"),
> >                         displaypath);
> >
> > +       /* Set active flag for the submodule being initialized */
> > +       if (!is_submodule_initialized(path)) {
> > +               strbuf_reset(&sb);
> > +               strbuf_addf(&sb, "submodule.%s.active", sub->name);
> > +               git_config_set_gently(sb.buf, "true");
> > +       }
> > +
> >         /*
> >          * Copy url setting when it is not set yet.
> >          * To look up the url in .git/config, we must not fall back to
> > --
> > 2.12.0.246.ga2ecc84866-goog
> >