From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Sun, 20 May 2007 18:25:24 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] allow commands to be executed in submodules
Message-ID: <7vhcq7mjxn.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <20070520181433.GA19668@steel.home>

Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com> writes:

> Martin Waitz, Sun, May 20, 2007 17:39:08 +0200:
>> Add an extra "submodule" field to struct child_process to be able to
>> easily start commands which are to be executed in a submodule
>> repository.
>
> How about making it more generic by allowing to specify the directory
> to change to and environment for subprocess? You probably will be able
> to convert even some of existing code to your new run_command then
> (merge_recursive in builtin-revert.c, for example).

Sounds useful and more generic.