Re: RFC: display dirty submodule working directory in git gui and gitk

From: Heiko Voigt <hvoigt@hvoigt.net>
Date: Jan 4, 2010, 10:44 UTC
Message-ID: <61083.85.16.196.198.1262601871.squirrel@archive.darksea.de>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.1.00.1001041038520.4985@pacific.mpi-cbg.de>

Hi,

Johannes wrote:

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> The real problem is that submodules in the current form are not very well
> designed.  For example, a submodule being at a different commit than in
> the superproject's index is not as fatal as the submodule having changes.
>
> So in the long run, IMHO a proper redesign of the submodules would not
> make only a little sense (it does not help, though, that those who
> implemented and furthered the current approach over other discussed
> approaches do not use submodules themselves -- not even now).

Do you mean the complete workflow (submodules are links to other git repos) or the current implementation? Do you have links to other design approaches/threads? Would be nice if we could take that into account for any decision.

cheers Heiko