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Re: ''git submodule sync'' should not add uninitialized submodules to .git/config

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Phil Hord <hordp@cisco.com>
Date
Jun 23, 2011, 13:39 UTC
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On 06/23/2011 07:13 AM, Maarten Billemont wrote:
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> When I initialize 2/3 submodules of my git repository and do git submodule update, all is fine: Only the 2 submodules that I need are updated.
>
> When I run a git submodule sync to update the URLs that may have been changed in .gitmodules, it ADDS the URL of the submodule that was NOT initialized, thus "initializing" it.
>
> Now, when I run git submodule update, it starts checking out the third module and my workflow is broken.
>
> git submodule sync should not add entries to .git/config, only update existing ones.--
Maarten,

Is it enough to similarly limit 'submodule sync' the same way you did with 'submodule init'? Like this: git submodule sync -- A B

From 'git help submodule': "git submodule sync" synchronizes all submodules while "git submodule sync — A" synchronizes submodule "A" only.

Phil
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  1. Maarten BillemontJun 23, 2011
  2. Phil HordJun 23, 2011
  3. Junio C HamanoJun 23, 2011
  4. Jens LehmannJun 23, 2011
  5. Junio C HamanoJun 23, 2011
  6. Andreas KöhlerJun 23, 2011
  7. Jens LehmannJun 24, 2011
  8. Re* ''git submodule sync'' should not add uninitialized submodules to .git/configJunio C Hamano, Jun 24, 2011
  9. Jens LehmannJun 24, 2011
  10. submodule add: always initialize .git/config entryJens Lehmann, Jun 25, 2011
  11. Junio C HamanoJun 30, 2011
  12. submodule sync: do not auto-vivify uninteresting submoduleJens Lehmann, Jun 25, 2011
  13. Phil HordJun 23, 2011
  14. Junio C HamanoJun 23, 2011
  15. Phil HordJun 23, 2011

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