Re: [PATCH/RFC v2] git-submodule: multi-level module definition

From: Ping Yin <pkufranky@gmail.com>
Date: Mar 5, 2008, 07:16 UTC
Message-ID: <46dff0320803042316m1921f657wacf63a63491bbda0@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <46dff0320803042315t2d89eb6fl325b4b2ef8ddbc44@mail.gmail.com>

On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 11:17 AM, Imran M Yousuf <imyousuf@gmail.com> wrote:
 > On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 10:04 PM, Ping Yin <pkufranky@gmail.com> wrote:

>  >  .gitmodules with with multiple level of indirection

 >  >  ------------------------------------------------------
 >  >  [submodule "service"]
 >  >    submodule = crawler
 >  >    submodule = search
 >  >  [submodule "crawler"]
 >  >    submodule = util
 >  >    submodule = imcrawter
 >  >  [submodule "search"]
 >  >    submodule = util
 >  >    submodule = imsearch

>  At this point I have few questions - Will Service have its own tree

 >  besides its submodules?
 Now, service itself is not a submodule, and service is just a logical
 name for a group of moduels.

 >
 >  For your above example of .gitmodules hierarchy if I issue "git
 >  submodule init -m util", can you please explain what will be the
 >  outcome, i.e. which modules will be initialized.
 >
 Only the util module will be initialized using the path and url in
 submodule.util.{path,url}

 >
 >  --

>  Imran M Yousuf

 >  Entrepreneur & Software Engineer
 >  Smart IT Engineering
 >  Dhaka, Bangladesh
 >  Email: imran@smartitengineering.com
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 >

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Ping Yin