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Re: Intoducing the .git file (again)

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LHLars Hjemli <hjemli@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 17, 2008, 22:29 UTC
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On Feb 17, 2008 11:20 PM, Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:

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> Hi,
>
> On Sun, 17 Feb 2008, Lars Hjemli wrote:
>
> > PPS: If included, the .git file should probably be used by git-submodule
> > to clone submodule repositories into something like
> > $GIT_DIR/submodules/<name>, as that would make local submodule changes
> > more resistant to dataloss due to checkout/reset in the containing
> > repository.
>
> I don't buy that argument.  For the moment, the submodules are
> self-contained repositories.  The superproject does not even have to have
> a single object contained in a submodule.  I'd try to keep that
> separation.

They would still be separated and self-contained repositories, but with my suggestion the submodule repository would be moved out of the working tree of the containing repository. Which I believe is a good thing, especially when you switch from one branch in the containing repository which had the submodule in './foo' to another branch where the submodule is located in './lib/foo'.

-- larsh

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Message 16 of 17 in “Intoducing the .git file (again)”
  1. Lars HjemliFeb 17, 2008
  2. 1/5 Add platform-independent .git "symlink"Lars Hjemli, Feb 17, 2008
  3. 2/5 Fix setup of $GIT_DIR in git-sh-setup.shLars Hjemli, Feb 17, 2008
  4. 3/5 Teach resolve_gitlink_ref() about the .git fileLars Hjemli, Feb 17, 2008
  5. 4/5 git-submodule: prepare for the .git-fileLars Hjemli, Feb 17, 2008
  6. 5/5 Teach GIT-VERSION-GEN about the .git fileLars Hjemli, Feb 17, 2008
  7. Junio C HamanoFeb 18, 2008
  8. Lars HjemliFeb 18, 2008
  9. Johannes SchindelinFeb 17, 2008
  10. Lars HjemliFeb 17, 2008
  11. 1/5 Add platform-independent .git "symlink"Lars Hjemli, Feb 17, 2008
  12. Junio C HamanoFeb 18, 2008
  13. Lars HjemliFeb 18, 2008
  14. Johannes SchindelinFeb 18, 2008
  15. Johannes SchindelinFeb 17, 2008
  16. Lars HjemliFeb 17, 2008
  17. Johannes SchindelinFeb 17, 2008

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