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Re: [RFC/PATCH] add update to branch support for "floating submodules"

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Leif Gruenwoldt <leifer@gmail.com>
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Dec 12, 2011, 18:04 UTC
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On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 10:34 AM, Andreas T.Auer <andreas.t.auer_gtml_37453@ursus.ath.cx> wrote:

> So you don't want to have a stale submodule as Junio suggested, which is
> older than the gitlinked commit in the superproject, but you want to have
> the newest stable version, which is not yet gitlinked in the superproject,
> right?
Right.
> Wouldn't  ( cd commonlib ; git pull stable ) instead of
> git submodule update commonlib
> work as you want?
Yes that's how we perform business now.
> To be able to configure this update behavior in .gitmodules for _some_
> submodules, could be helpful in this case.
Yes my thoughts exactly.
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> So you don't want to add a new commit to the products A, B and C repos
> whenever the stable branch of the submodule changes, but on the other hand
> when you commit changes to the products it would still make sense to update
> the gitlink to the current commonlib version together with your changes,
>  too, right?

Hmm I supose that does make sense. If the commonlib version was auto recorded during a commit of the product it would be nice. Then if/when the user reconfigured the submodule from "floating" to "strict" mode it would then have a submodule sha1 reference. I like how this sounds.

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  1. add update to branch support for "floating submodules"Heiko Voigt, Nov 9, 2011
  2. Junio C HamanoNov 9, 2011
  3. Heiko VoigtNov 29, 2011
  4. Leif GruenwoldtDec 10, 2011
  5. Jonathan NiederDec 10, 2011
  6. Junio C HamanoDec 10, 2011
  7. Leif GruenwoldtDec 10, 2011
  8. Andreas T.AuerDec 12, 2011
  9. Leif GruenwoldtDec 12, 2011
  10. Andreas T.AuerDec 12, 2011
  11. Leif GruenwoldtDec 12, 2011
  12. Jens LehmannDec 12, 2011
  13. Phil HordDec 12, 2011
  14. Marc BranchaudDec 13, 2011
  15. Jens LehmannDec 13, 2011
  16. Marc BranchaudDec 13, 2011
  17. Junio C HamanoDec 12, 2011
  18. Phil HordDec 13, 2011
  19. Jens LehmannDec 13, 2011
  20. Phil HordJan 30, 2012
  21. Jens LehmannJan 31, 2012
  22. Phil HordJan 31, 2012
  23. Jens LehmannFeb 1, 2012
  24. Phil HordFeb 6, 2012
  25. Jens LehmannFeb 6, 2012
  26. Brandon CaseyDec 13, 2011
  27. Gioele BarabucciDec 10, 2011

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