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Re: git-archive and submodules

From
Avery Pennarun <apenwarr@gmail.com>
Date
Jul 20, 2009, 17:33 UTC
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On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 12:22 PM, Woody Gilk<woody.gilk@kohanaphp.com> wrote:
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> I would find it hugely valuable if git-archive would support
> submodules, rather than leaving empty files in the place of
> submodules. Supporting submodules is critical to packaging releases
> (combined with signed tags). With git-archive not support submodules,
> it means that I have to manually package and sign each release, rather
> than using git-tag.

<shameless-plug> This works already today if you use git-subtree[1] instead of submodules. </shameless-plug>

Have fun,
Avery
[1] http://github.com/apenwarr/git-subtree
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  1. Woody GilkJul 20, 2009
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