From: Lars Hjemli <hjemli@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 02 Jun 2007 10:38:50 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Let .git/config specify the url for submodules
Message-ID: <8c5c35580706020338v89d341cg811982891a439685@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <7vbqfyvf5o.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>

On 6/2/07, Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> wrote:
> "Lars Hjemli" <hjemli@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > So I'll make 'git-submodule' expect the .gitmodules layout to be like this:
> >
> > [submodule 'xyz']
> >  url=git://example.com/xyz.git
> >  path=xyz1
> >  path=xyz2
> >
> > And submodule.$name.path should be optional: if no submodule.*.path
> > entry exists for a given $path, submodule $name == $path.
> >
> > Ok?
>
> I do not think having more than one path for a given submodule
> makes much sense

Me neither, but it was mentioned as a possibility to have the same
repo checked out in multiple paths simultaneously. It does raise an
issue of how to push changes back into .git/submodules/$name.git tough
(git-submodule push). My initial plan for this was to push into the
branch registered for each path:

[submodule 'xyz']
  url=git://example.com/xyz.git

[path 'xyz1']
  submodule=xyz
  branch=stable

[path 'xyz2']
  submodule=xyz
  branch=bleedingedge

but there is probably other/better solutions.

>but other than that yes.

Thanks

-- 
larsh