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Re: Migrating svn to git with heavy use of externals

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Apr 9, 2008, 06:43 UTC
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"Avery Pennarun" <apenwarr@gmail.com> writes:
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> On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 12:39 AM, Roman Shaposhnik <rvs@sun.com> wrote:
>>  Agreed. But I guess I'd be less confused if "git submodule" didn't muck
>>  with .git/config at all. Or are there any other consumers of the
>> information
>>  that it puts there (except itself)?
>
> That I don't know.  If there aren't any others, then I agree, I'm not
> sure what the whole .git/config messing is about.
Its actually the other way around.

In-tree .gitmodules is used to give hints to prime what is placed in .git/config, which after initialized should serve as the authoritative information on managed submodules as far as your repository is concerned. "git submodule init" may be a handy way to do this "priming", but you do not necessarily have to use it but instead manually adjust .git/config yourself; this is so that you can configure remote url that is different from what .gitmodules suggests to suite your local needs.

Although putting everything in a single repository could work, that does not have to be the only way to work with submodules. In fact, the basic submodule design is trying very hard not to force you to grab objects that are needed for all submodules when you are cloning the superproject, as not cloning nor checking out any submodule is the default.

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Message 11 of 48 in “Migrating svn to git with heavy use of externals”
  1. D. Stuart FreemanMar 31, 2008
  2. D. Stuart FreemanApr 8, 2008
  3. Avery PennarunApr 8, 2008
  4. D. Stuart FreemanApr 8, 2008
  5. Avery PennarunApr 8, 2008
  6. D. Stuart FreemanApr 8, 2008
  7. Roman ShaposhnikApr 9, 2008
  8. Avery PennarunApr 9, 2008
  9. Roman ShaposhnikApr 9, 2008
  10. Avery PennarunApr 9, 2008
  11. Junio C HamanoApr 9, 2008
  12. Intricacies of submodules [was: Migrating svn to git with heavy use of externals]Roman Shaposhnik, Apr 10, 2008
  13. Junio C HamanoApr 10, 2008
  14. Roman ShaposhnikApr 10, 2008
  15. Junio C HamanoApr 11, 2008
  16. Ping YinApr 11, 2008
  17. Junio C HamanoApr 11, 2008
  18. Roman ShaposhnikApr 12, 2008
  19. Junio C HamanoApr 12, 2008
  20. Roman ShaposhnikApr 14, 2008
  21. Junio C HamanoApr 15, 2008
  22. Ping YinApr 15, 2008
  23. Roman V. ShaposhnikApr 16, 2008
  24. Jeremy Maitin-ShepardApr 17, 2008
  25. Linus TorvaldsApr 17, 2008
  26. Junio C HamanoApr 17, 2008
  27. Roman V. ShaposhnikApr 17, 2008
  28. Martin LanghoffApr 17, 2008
  29. Junio C HamanoApr 17, 2008
  30. Sverre RabbelierApr 17, 2008
  31. Martin LanghoffApr 17, 2008
  32. Sverre RabbelierApr 17, 2008
  33. Martin LanghoffApr 17, 2008
  34. Ping YinApr 18, 2008
  35. Dmitry PotapovApr 17, 2008
  36. Linus TorvaldsApr 17, 2008
  37. Ping YinApr 18, 2008
  38. Jakub NarebskiApr 18, 2008
  39. Ping YinApr 12, 2008
  40. Roman ShaposhnikApr 14, 2008
  41. Ping YinApr 12, 2008
  42. Junio C HamanoApr 12, 2008
  43. Ping YinApr 12, 2008
  44. Ping YinApr 10, 2008
  45. Roman ShaposhnikApr 10, 2008
  46. Intricacies of submodules [was: Migrating svn to git with heavy use of externals]Roman Shaposhnik, Apr 9, 2008
  47. Avery PennarunApr 9, 2008
  48. Avery PennarunApr 18, 2008

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