From: Jens Lehmann Date: Tue, 09 Jun 2015 18:40:14 GMT Subject: Re: Submodules as first class citizens (was Re: Moving to subtrees for plugins?) Message-ID: <5577330E.3060803@web.de> In-Reply-To: <5573E40A.3020502@gmail.com> Am 07.06.2015 um 08:26 schrieb Stefan Beller: > On 06.06.2015 12:53, Luca Milanesio wrote: >>> On 6 Jun 2015, at 18:49, Phil Hord wrote: >>> On Fri, Jun 5, 2015, 2:58 AM lucamilanesio wrote: >>>> Ideally, as a "git clone --recursive" already exists, I would like to >>>> see a "git diff --recursive" that goes through the submodules as well :-) >>>> >>>> Something possibly to propose to the Git mailing list? Such an option makes lots of sense to me (though "--recurse-submodules" should be its name for consistency reasons). This could be an alias for "--submodule=full", as the "--submodule" option controls the format of submodule diffs. >>> I've worked on git diff --recursive a bit myself, along with some >>> simpler use cases (git ls-tree --recursive) as POCs. I think some of >>> the needs there begin to have ui implications which could be >>> high-friction. I really want to finish it someday, but I've been too >>> busy lately at $job, and now my experiments are all rather stale. >>> >>> It would be a good discussion to have over at the git list (copied). >>> Heiko and Jens have laid some new groundwork in this area and it may >>> be a good time to revisit it. Or maybe they've even moved deeper than >>> that; I have been distracted for well over a year now. >>> > > Glad you're working (or planning to) working on submodulues. This is > also on my todo list for the next months as well. More hands are always welcome! > I'd review stuff in that area if you're looking for reviewers. I'll be happy help too.