Re: [RFC] Submodules in GIT

From: sf <sf@b-i-t.de>
Date: Dec 1, 2006, 13:05 UTC
Message-ID: <4570289D.9050802@b-i-t.de>
In-Reply-To: <20061201121234.GQ18810@admingilde.org>

Martin Waitz wrote:

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> hoi :)
> 
> On Fri, Dec 01, 2006 at 01:09:49PM +0100, sf wrote:
>> Martin Waitz wrote:
>> ...
>> >So you not only store your submodule HEAD commit in the supermodule when 
>> >you
>> >do commit to the supermodule, it also means that your submodule HEAD
>> >will be updated when you update your supermodule.
>> 
>> Why the magic? The typical workflow in git is
>> 
>> 1. You work on a branch, i.e. edit and commit and so on.
>> 2. At some point, you decide to share the work you did on that branch 
>> (e-mail a patch, merge into another branch, push upstream or let it by 
>> pulled by upstream)
> 
> 3. Other people want to use your new work.

Sorry, if that was not obvious: You actually procceed with one of the options I listed in Step 2. What I wanted to state is that with git you do not mix up committing (which is local to your repository and your branch) and publishing.

Regards

Stephan