Re: git-gui and gitk-git as submodules (Re: [RFC PATCH 0/2] Teach "git status" the "--ignore-submodules" option)

From: Marc Branchaud <marcnarc@xiplink.com>
Date: Jun 28, 2010, 19:55 UTC
Message-ID: <4C28FE32.80901@xiplink.com>
In-Reply-To: <4C28F130.2090904@web.de>

On 10-06-28 03:00 PM, Jens Lehmann wrote:

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> 
>>> 2) On "git clone" the submodules must be cloned and checked out too
>>>    (currently you have to do a "git submodule update --init" after
>>>    cloning the superproject).
>>
>> Making clone do this automatically would be a show-stopper for us.  The
>> current '--recursive' option is fine (though we never use it).
>>
>> It would be interesting if the super-project could configure which submodules
>> to automatically clone.
> 
> That's what I have in mind too. Maybe we could use the 'update' option of
> .gitmodules to clone all those submodules where it is set. Then different
> branches with different .gitmodules would behave differently.

That sounds fine to me.

Thanks again!

M.