Re: [PATCH 6/6] rm: add absorb a submodules git dir before deletion

> On Mon, Dec 12, 2016 at 05:40:55PM -0800, Stefan Beller wrote:
>> When deleting a submodule we need to keep the actual git directory around,
>> such that we do not lose local changes in there and at a later checkout
>> of the submodule we don't need to clone it again.
>>
>> Implement `depopulate_submodule`, that migrates the git directory before
>> deletion of a submodule and afterwards the equivalent of "rm -rf", which
>> is already found in entry.c, so expose that and for clarity add a suffix
>> "_or_dir" to it.
>
> I think you might have meant "_or_die" here.