Re: Submodule UX overhaul update (was: What's cooking in git.git (Jan 2022, #07; Mon, 24))

From: Kaartic Sivaraam <kaartic.sivaraam@gmail.com>
Date: Jan 26, 2022, 15:16 UTC
Message-ID: <8171a321-20a0-508d-f2fe-57707d03a00f@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <YfBTRuPrGGjepe+D@google.com>

On 26/01/22 1:15 am, Emily Shaffer wrote:

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> Finally finding the time to write up another "what's cooking as pertain
> to overhauling submodules UX" reply.
> 
> On Mon, Jan 24, 2022 at 11:39:58AM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> [Stalled]
>>
>> * ar/submodule-update (2021-10-13) 9 commits
>>   . submodule--helper: rename helper functions
>>   . submodule--helper: remove unused helpers
>>   . submodule: move core cmd_update() logic to C
>>   . submodule--helper: run update using child process struct
>>   . submodule--helper: allow setting superprefix for init_submodule()
>>   . submodule--helper: refactor get_submodule_displaypath()
>>   . submodule--helper: rename helpers for update-clone
>>   . submodule--helper: get remote names from any repository
>>   . submodule--helper: split up ensure_core_worktree()
>>
>>   Rewrite of "git submodule update" in C.
>>
>>   Expecting a reroll?
>>   cf. <YWiXL+plA7GHfuVv@google.com>
>>   source: <20211013051805.45662-10-raykar.ath@gmail.com>
> 
> Sounds like Glen is interested in this series with regard to some edge
> cases about cloning newly added submodules during a 'git fetch
> --recurse-submodules'. I'm curious to hear from Atharva about the status
> of this work :)
>

Pinging Atharva for this.

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Sivaraam