Re: [RFC] Fourth round of support for cloning submodules

From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: May 24, 2007, 18:38 UTC
Message-ID: <7vejl6xe17.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.0.98.0705241030440.26602@woody.linux-foundation.org>

Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> writes:

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> I actually really liked Junio's suggestion of
>
> 	[subproject "git://git.kernel.org/pub/linux-2.4.git"]
> 		URL = http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux-2.4.git
> ...
> Note how that example had nothing to do with subprojects per se: the URL 
> rewriting is really another issue. But yes, I think it might also be worth 
> it to actually be able to override the whole subproject data, ie also have
>
> 	[subproject "kernel/"]
> 		url = ...
> 		branch = xyzzy
>
> and allow that kind of information in .git/config to _override_ any such 
> entry in .gitmodules!

I just sent out a rather longish message that peripherally touches this and said I liked the three-level thing Steven Grimm suggested, which is essentially what you wrote above.

I am reasonably happy that we are in agreement and I was not way off in the design area by myself.