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Re: git submodule should honor "-c credential.helper" command line argument

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Jacob Keller <jacob.keller@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 3, 2016, 07:35 UTC
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On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 8:25 PM, Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:
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> I think the problem is that when git "switches" to working in the
> submodule repository, it clears the environment, which includes any "-c"
> command switches. This makes sense for some situations, but not for
> others. This thread shows a similar problem:
>
>   http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/264840
>
> Jens suggested there adding an option to tell clone to pass specific
> variables to the submodule, which I think makes sense. AFAIK, nobody has
> done any work yet on that approach.
>

This is something that I am also interested in, haven't had a chance to look at it just yet though. I may have some time soon to take a stab at this.

Regards, Jake

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