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Re: Making submodules easier to work with (auto-update on checkout or merge, stash & restore submodules)

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Avery Pennarun <apenwarr@gmail.com>
Date
Apr 30, 2008, 22:28 UTC
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On 4/30/08, Roman Shaposhnik <rvs@sun.com> wrote:
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> On Wed, 2008-04-30 at 17:48 -0400, Avery Pennarun wrote:
>  > It would be awesome if you could turn the fancy behaviour of this
>  > bundle into patches to git-submodule, for example, and then have your
>  > textmate macros call the modified git-submodule.  It might be a bit of
>  > an uphill battle to get the patches accepted into the release, but I
>  > think it's worth the effort, as git-submodule in its current state is
>  > just a non-starter for my group at least.
>
> Doesn't the fact that the workflows around submodules tend to differ so
>  much call for different incarnations of git-submodule? IOW, wouldn't
>  it be ok to have an alternative to git-submodule somewhere in contrib?

This would be okay with me. git-submodule itself doesn't seem to do anything very complex. I would be happy to help contribute to such a thing, as my group needs it rather desperately.

Avery
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Message 14 of 22 in “Making submodules easier to work with (auto-update on checkout or merge, stash & restore submodules)”
  1. Tim HarperApr 30, 2008
  2. Tim HarperApr 30, 2008
  3. Andreas EricssonApr 30, 2008
  4. Johannes SchindelinApr 30, 2008
  5. Avery PennarunApr 30, 2008
  6. Ping YinApr 30, 2008
  7. Roman ShaposhnikApr 30, 2008
  8. Avery PennarunApr 30, 2008
  9. Tim HarperApr 30, 2008
  10. Avery PennarunApr 30, 2008
  11. Tim HarperApr 30, 2008
  12. Avery PennarunApr 30, 2008
  13. Roman ShaposhnikApr 30, 2008
  14. Avery PennarunApr 30, 2008
  15. Finn Arne GangstadMay 1, 2008
  16. Avery PennarunMay 1, 2008
  17. Roman ShaposhnikMay 6, 2008
  18. Avery PennarunMay 7, 2008
  19. Ping YinMay 8, 2008
  20. Steven GrimmMay 1, 2008
  21. Roman ShaposhnikMay 6, 2008
  22. Ping YinMay 1, 2008

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