From: Mark Levedahl <mlevedahl@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:59:42 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-submodule - register module url if adding in place
Message-ID: <4873FF6E.2020602@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.1.00.0807081332580.4319@eeepc-johanness>

Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> I agree with Sylvain here, namely that this is too dangerous.  Imagine 
> this very valid scenario:
>
> 	$ git clone <somewhere> abc
> 	$ git submodule add abc
>
> Bummer.
>
> Yes, happened to me.
>
> So I'd like this to be an error, not something that tries to be helpful, 
> when it clearly cannot be.
>
> Ciao,
> Dscho
>
>   
I think the real issue here is that submodule-add is too flexible and 
poorly documented, see my response to Junio in the other thread.

Mark