From: Sergei Organov Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 18:55:28 GMT Subject: Re: Partial checkouts / submodules Message-ID: <87ir3wzqzj.fsf@osv.gnss.ru> In-Reply-To: <1AD9B065-647B-4672-B6B0-8D4447960913@midwinter.com> Steven Grimm writes: > On Nov 20, 2007, at 10:03 AM, Daniel Barkalow wrote: >> This has theoretical problems: it's going to be practically >> impossible, in >> most cases, to write a commit message that describes changes in three >> submodules (which are sometimes used in the context of a different >> supermodule) as well as the supermodule. > > I got the impression from his email that there *are* no other > supermodules. The submodules are submodules purely to reduce the > amount of data people have to transfer around, not because they're > logically distinct from the parent. I got the same impression, and then I wonder if the next logical thing the OP will need is, say, support for content moves between submodules. Somehow I doubt git will ever support that. -- Sergei.