Re: Avery Pennarun's git-subtree?

From: Avery Pennarun <apenwarr@gmail.com>
Date: Jul 23, 2010, 22:33 UTC
Message-ID: <AANLkTinb8YqBesa5Uh7+uuKAF0BhNjAGmvai5bNO3hV4@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <4C49B10A.8060900@web.de>

On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 11:11 AM, Jens Lehmann <Jens.Lehmann@web.de> wrote:

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> Am 23.07.2010 10:40, schrieb Avery Pennarun:
>> I think it would be better if we could abandon .gitmodules entirely;
>> it's really only useful for listing repository URLs, and listing
>> repository URLs is a major part of the problem.
>
> Then where do you get the URL to clone the submodule from on "git
> clone --recursive"?

If you're asking that question, you're missing my point entirely. In my proposed model, the submodule objects are all in the same repo as the superproject, so there *is* no separate URL. And thus there is no more need for .gitmodules.

Have fun,

Avery

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