Re: Relative submodule URLs vs. clone URL DWIMming

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Aug 30, 2008, 23:45 UTC
Message-ID: <7vabeuf4oj.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <200808310123.48018.johan@herland.net>

Johan Herland <johan@herland.net> writes:

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> $ git clone /repo/foo bar
> $ grep -B1 url bar/.git/config
> [remote "origin"]
>         url = /repo/foo/.git
>
> vs.
>
> $ git clone file:///repo/foo bar
> $ grep -B1 url bar/.git/config
> [remote "origin"]
>         file:///home/johan/git/foo
>
> Hmm?

If you mean "the latter lacks 'url =' and is broken", and if that is what happens, then it needs to be fixed. But otherwise, I do not personally find these differences interesting.

But that does not mean I'd veto if somebody else cares deeply enough and comes up with a clean solution.