Re: [RFC] Submodules in GIT

From: Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se>
Date: Dec 1, 2006, 16:38 UTC
Message-ID: <45705A94.2070509@op5.se>
In-Reply-To: <20061201150045.GZ18810@admingilde.org>

Martin Waitz wrote:

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> hoi :)
> 
> On Fri, Dec 01, 2006 at 03:52:29PM +0100, Andreas Ericsson wrote:
>>> Remember: if you git-pull in the supermodule, you want to update the
>>> whole thing, including all submodules.
>>>
>> Only if the new commits I pull into the supermodule DAG has commits 
>> which includes a new shapshot of the submodule, otherwise it wouldn't be 
>> necessary.
> 
> Of course.
> 
> But if the supermodule contains changes to the submodule, you still
> have to change the submodule.  And this implies changing the submodule
> HEAD or some branch.
>

Not really. I fail to see why HEAD needs to be changed so long as the commit is in the submodule's odb.

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Andreas Ericsson                   andreas.ericsson@op5.se
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