Re: [PATCH v8 4/8] submodule: allow add_submodule_odb to work even if path is not checked out

From: Jacob Keller <jacob.keller@gmail.com>
Date: Aug 19, 2016, 23:25 UTC
Message-ID: <CA+P7+xpbtoZNGOpEJa-6P2VYmi5K2Ahn3mj7y4LiaY2e0AWHbQ@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqinuwz97k.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>

On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 3:26 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:

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> Jacob Keller <jacob.keller@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Is there a way to do this lookup? I couldn't find it.
>
> Perhaps submodule_from_path(), that is used to implement "git
> submodule--helper name $path"?

Yep, thanks. I also added a test to show that the use of name works.

Regards, Jake

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