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Re: Intricacies of submodules

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Martin Langhoff <martin.langhoff@gmail.com>
Date
Apr 17, 2008, 21:25 UTC
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On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 6:00 PM, Sverre Rabbelier <alturin@gmail.com> wrote:
>  provide any hooks to execute things (which of course includes changing
>  the environment) it should be fine, but if it is, it should be ignored
>  till after clone has finished.

It should not be allowed at all. After the clone is the review, and that has to be safe too.

>  Because of that an in-tree '.gitconfig' would have no security risks
>  as long as it is not 'used' until after the clone.
This is not true. A pre-commit hook or pre-checkout hook could be destructive.
cheers,
m
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  3. Avery PennarunApr 8, 2008
  4. D. Stuart FreemanApr 8, 2008
  5. Avery PennarunApr 8, 2008
  6. D. Stuart FreemanApr 8, 2008
  7. Roman ShaposhnikApr 9, 2008
  8. Avery PennarunApr 9, 2008
  9. Roman ShaposhnikApr 9, 2008
  10. Avery PennarunApr 9, 2008
  11. Junio C HamanoApr 9, 2008
  12. Intricacies of submodules [was: Migrating svn to git with heavy use of externals]Roman Shaposhnik, Apr 10, 2008
  13. Junio C HamanoApr 10, 2008
  14. Roman ShaposhnikApr 10, 2008
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  18. Roman ShaposhnikApr 12, 2008
  19. Junio C HamanoApr 12, 2008
  20. Roman ShaposhnikApr 14, 2008
  21. Junio C HamanoApr 15, 2008
  22. Ping YinApr 15, 2008
  23. Roman V. ShaposhnikApr 16, 2008
  24. Jeremy Maitin-ShepardApr 17, 2008
  25. Linus TorvaldsApr 17, 2008
  26. Junio C HamanoApr 17, 2008
  27. Roman V. ShaposhnikApr 17, 2008
  28. Martin LanghoffApr 17, 2008
  29. Junio C HamanoApr 17, 2008
  30. Sverre RabbelierApr 17, 2008
  31. Martin LanghoffApr 17, 2008
  32. Sverre RabbelierApr 17, 2008
  33. Martin LanghoffApr 17, 2008
  34. Ping YinApr 18, 2008
  35. Dmitry PotapovApr 17, 2008
  36. Linus TorvaldsApr 17, 2008
  37. Ping YinApr 18, 2008
  38. Jakub NarebskiApr 18, 2008
  39. Ping YinApr 12, 2008
  40. Roman ShaposhnikApr 14, 2008
  41. Ping YinApr 12, 2008
  42. Junio C HamanoApr 12, 2008
  43. Ping YinApr 12, 2008
  44. Ping YinApr 10, 2008
  45. Roman ShaposhnikApr 10, 2008
  46. Intricacies of submodules [was: Migrating svn to git with heavy use of externals]Roman Shaposhnik, Apr 9, 2008
  47. Avery PennarunApr 9, 2008
  48. Avery PennarunApr 18, 2008

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