From: Junio C Hamano Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 23:24:49 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC 3/7] git-submodule: Fall back on .gitmodules if info not found in $GIT_DIR/config Message-ID: <7v1w5cotz2.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <1207842625-9210-7-git-send-email-pkufranky@gmail.com> Ping Yin writes: > Originally, the submodule workflow enforces 'git init' in the beginning > which copies submodule config info from .gitmodules to $GIT_DIR/config. > Then all subcommands except 'init' and 'add' fetch submodule info from > $GIT_DIR/config and .gitmodules can be discarded. > > However, there may be inconsistence between .git/config and .gitmodules > when always using 'git init' at first. If upstream .gitmodules changes, > it is not easy to sync the changes to $GIT_DIR/config. Maybe you missed an earlier thread with Roman Shaposhnik where this issue was discussed and a solution more in line with the original intent of the design of the submodule system was mentioned (actually I should not take credit for that suggestion as it was not mine but somebody else mentioned it back when git-submodule command was initially being designed. I only recalled there was that one issue in the old discussion but there might have been others)?