From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2012 23:35:59 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] submodule: add 'deinit' command
Message-ID: <7vsj7a268w.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <20121212230926.GC7729@odin.tremily.us>

"W. Trevor King" <wking@tremily.us> writes:

> Should `deinit` remove the submodule checkout, replace it with the
> original gitlink, and clear the .git/config information then?  That
> would restore the user to the state they'd be in if they were never
> interested in the submodule.

AFAIU, "restore the user to the state" is the goal.  I am not sure
what you meant by "replace it with the original gitlink", though.  A
checkout with a submodule that the user is not interested in would
have an empty directory at that path, no?