Re: [PATCH] Make 'git submodule update --force' always check out submodules.

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Jul 25, 2012, 22:09 UTC
Message-ID: <7vwr1ra3x2.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <50105C60.4050303@web.de>

Jens Lehmann <Jens.Lehmann@web.de> writes:

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> Am 25.07.2012 20:44, schrieb Junio C Hamano:
>> Stefan Zager <szager@google.com> writes:
>> 
>>> Currently, it will only do a checkout if the sha1 registered in the containing
>>> repository doesn't match the HEAD of the submodule, regardless of whether the
>>> submodule is dirty.  As discussed on the mailing list, the '--force' flag is a
>>> strong indicator that the state of the submodule is suspect, and should be reset
>>> to HEAD.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Stefan Zager <szager@google.com>
>>> ---
>> 
>> Looks sensible (again -- see http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/197532
>> for the original discussion).  Can submodule folks Ack it?
>
> I like it. Still I'd vote for amending the documentation like the
> original thread proposed and would appreciate to have a test or two,
> but apart from that I have no objections.

OK, then I'll queue this so that we won't forget about the topic for now, and docs and tests can be done as follow-up patches to the topic.

Thanks.