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Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] Submodules: Add the new config option "ignore"

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Aug 5, 2010, 23:27 UTC
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Jens Lehmann <Jens.Lehmann@web.de> writes:
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> Am 28.07.2010 23:35, schrieb Junio C Hamano:
>> Jens Lehmann <Jens.Lehmann@web.de> writes:
>> 
>>> The .gitmodules file is parsed for "submodule.<name>.ignore" entries
>>> before looking for them in .git/config. Thus settings found in .git/config
>>> will override those from .gitmodules,...
>> 
>> Hmph.
>> 
>> The value of "submodule.<name>.path" does not have to be "<name>".  There
>> seems to be a bit of confusion here.
>
> Thanks for clearing up my confusion, this is v2 of this patch using the
> path configured for the submodule instead of its name.

Hmph, I thought that it would make more sense to use <name> so that once the user configures ignore in .git/config, it will persist across moving of the submodule in the superproject tree. I wonder what others would think.

Will queue, anyway.
Thanks.
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Message 8 of 15 in “Submodules: Add the new config option "ignore"”
  1. 0/2 Submodules: Add the new config option "ignore"Jens Lehmann, Jul 26, 2010
  2. 1/2 Submodules: Add the new "ignore" config option for diff and statusJens Lehmann, Jul 26, 2010
  3. 2/2 Submodules: Use "ignore" settings from .gitmodules too for diff and statusJens Lehmann, Jul 26, 2010
  4. Junio C HamanoJul 28, 2010
  5. 0/2 Submodules: Add the new config option "ignore"Jens Lehmann, Aug 5, 2010
  6. 1/2 Submodules: Add the new "ignore" config option for diff and statusJens Lehmann, Aug 5, 2010
  7. 2/2 Submodules: Use "ignore" settings from .gitmodules too for diff and statusJens Lehmann, Aug 5, 2010
  8. Junio C HamanoAug 5, 2010
  9. Jens LehmannAug 5, 2010
  10. Junio C HamanoAug 9, 2010
  11. Johannes SchindelinAug 5, 2010
  12. Junio C HamanoAug 5, 2010
  13. Jens LehmannAug 5, 2010
  14. Add tests for the diff.ignoreSubmodules config optionJens Lehmann, Aug 5, 2010
  15. Junio C HamanoAug 9, 2010

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