From: Phil Hord <phil.hord@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2011 20:31:31 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Submodules always use a relative path to gitdir
Message-ID: <CABURp0oVWwNcYjzPoMvXrDKtDnpeLGXQhdxGnsARmBt9ZbUcHg@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <1325192426-10103-1-git-send-email-antony.male@gmail.com>

On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 4:00 PM, Antony Male <antony.male@gmail.com> wrote:
> This fixes a problem where moving a git repository with checked-out
> submodules would cause a fatal error when commands such as 'git
> submodule update' were run.

Thanks.  I noticed this itch when looking at git-files a few months
ago.  It bothered me, but not enough to fix it;  just enough to note
it as a problem area to avoid in the future.

> An alternative patch would teach git-clone an option to control whether
> an absolute or relative path is used when --separate-git-dir is passed.

I think I like this option better. Did you look at what it would take?

Phil