Re: [RFC] Submodules in GIT

From: sf <sf@b-i-t.de>
Date: Nov 30, 2006, 11:57 UTC
Message-ID: <456EC738.6000103@b-i-t.de>
In-Reply-To: <200611281629.08636.andyparkins@gmail.com>

Andy Parkins wrote: ...

> Worse, if you allow that to happen, the supermodule can commit a state that 
> cannot be retrieved from the submodule's repository.  The ONLY thing a 
> supermodule can record about a submodule is a commit.

So what? You have a submodule commit that only exists in the supermodule. I fail to see the problem. The changes you made to the submodule _in the supermodule_ can later be pulled from wherever you want.

Regards

Stephan

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