From: Andreas Ericsson Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2006 18:08:12 GMT Subject: Re: [RFC] Submodules in GIT Message-ID: <45706F8C.3070000@op5.se> In-Reply-To: <20061201165708.GE18810@admingilde.org> Martin Waitz wrote: > On Fri, Dec 01, 2006 at 05:38:44PM +0100, Andreas Ericsson wrote: >>> 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. > > Because I want the submodule to act as a normal git repository. > Please note that I also voted against changing HEAD directly, but that > the new commit which came from the supermodule is just stored in one > branch of the submodule, as part of the supermodule checkout. > You're assuming the super- and sub-module will share HEAD, or at least ODB, I think. I'm not convinced this is necessary. Convince me. I'll go drink bear and get some dancing done while you're at it ;-) -- Andreas Ericsson andreas.ericsson@op5.se OP5 AB www.op5.se