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Re: [RFC/PATCH] Re: git submodule -b ... of current HEAD fails

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Dec 28, 2010, 21:42 UTC
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Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> writes:
> 	git submodule add -b $branch $repository
>
> fails when HEAD already points to $branch in $repository.

I was reviewing the overall picture before tagging 1.7.4-rc0 and started wondering if this was a good change. If repository already had branch checked out, and if it was pointing at a commit that was different from whatever was taken from origin, shouldn't the command _fail_ to prevent the divergent commits from getting lost?

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Message 11 of 16 in “Re: git submodule -b ... of current HEAD fails”
  1. Re: git submodule -b ... of current HEAD failsJonathan Nieder, Dec 1, 2010
  2. Jens LehmannDec 2, 2010
  3. Mark LevedahlDec 3, 2010
  4. Ben JacksonDec 3, 2010
  5. Jonathan NiederDec 3, 2010
  6. git submodule: Remove now obsolete tests before cloning a repoJens Lehmann, Dec 4, 2010
  7. Junio C HamanoDec 7, 2010
  8. Jens LehmannDec 8, 2010
  9. git submodule -b ... of current HEAD failsJens Lehmann, Dec 8, 2010
  10. Jonathan NiederDec 8, 2010
  11. Junio C HamanoDec 28, 2010
  12. Jens LehmannDec 29, 2010
  13. Junio C HamanoDec 29, 2010
  14. Jens LehmannDec 29, 2010
  15. Re* [RFC/PATCH] Re: git submodule -b ... of current HEAD failsJunio C Hamano, Dec 29, 2010
  16. Jens LehmannDec 29, 2010

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