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mv/rm submodules

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George Papanikolaou <g3orge.app@gmail.com>
Date
Dec 9, 2013, 10:59 UTC
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Hi list,

I was just playing with the new features of 'git mv' in 1.8.5 and realized that both rm and mv don't change the .git/config file. Is that on purpuse? Also after mv you need to run 'submodule update' and I think this should be documented somewhere.

Thanks..
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George 'papanikge' Papanikolaou
g3orge.app@gmail.com
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Message 1 of 8 in “mv/rm submodules”
  1. George PapanikolaouDec 9, 2013
  2. Jens LehmannDec 9, 2013
  3. mv: better document side effects when moving a submoduleJens Lehmann, Jan 6, 2014
  4. Junio C HamanoJan 6, 2014
  5. Jens LehmannJan 7, 2014
  6. 0/2 better document side effects when [re]moving a submoduleJens Lehmann, Jan 7, 2014
  7. 1/2 mv: better document side effects when moving a submoduleJens Lehmann, Jan 7, 2014
  8. 2/2 rm: better document side effects when removing a submoduleJens Lehmann, Jan 7, 2014

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