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Re: [RFC PATCH 1/2] rm: don't fail when removing populated submodules

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Phil Hord <phil.hord@gmail.com>
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Aug 17, 2012, 18:11 UTC
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On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 12:44 PM, Jens Lehmann <Jens.Lehmann@web.de> wrote:
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> I'm almost there. The only thing left is to check if a nested
> submodule is using a git directory. In that case I expect "rm" to
> fail even when -f is used to protect the submodule's history. I
> still need to find a suitable command for recursing the submodules
> and doing that check.
I suppose the style of this is wrong, but this seems to work for me.
git submodule foreach --recursive '! test -f .git'
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  1. 0/2 Teach rm to better handle submodulesJens Lehmann, Jul 4, 2012
  2. 1/2 rm: don't fail when removing populated submodulesJens Lehmann, Jul 4, 2012
  3. Junio C HamanoJul 6, 2012
  4. Jens LehmannJul 7, 2012
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  12. Junio C HamanoAug 16, 2012
  13. Jens LehmannAug 17, 2012
  14. Phil HordAug 17, 2012
  15. Jens LehmannAug 19, 2012
  16. 2/2 rm: remove submodules from the index and the .gitmodules fileJens Lehmann, Jul 4, 2012
  17. Junio C HamanoJul 5, 2012
  18. Jens LehmannJul 5, 2012
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