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Re: [RFC/PATCH] clone: introduce clone.submoduleGitDir to relocate $GITDIR

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Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>
Date
Apr 16, 2013, 08:17 UTC
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Marc Branchaud wrote:
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> If "git add" is all about specifying what lives under paths in the worktree,
> what's wrong with letting "git add" go beyond specifying just files?
>
> Syntax aside for the moment, I think a command like
>         git add git-repo-reference foo
> is perfectly natural:  It specifies what is inside worktree path foo.

I never said "just files". Files, directories, symlinks and submodules are all "things in the worktree", and all fine. Remote URLs, on the other hand, have nothing to do with the worktree.

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  1. clone: introduce clone.submoduleGitDir to relocate $GITDIRRamkumar Ramachandra, Apr 13, 2013
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  9. Duy NguyenApr 15, 2013
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  11. Junio C HamanoApr 15, 2013
  12. Ramkumar RamachandraApr 15, 2013
  13. Marc BranchaudApr 15, 2013
  14. Junio C HamanoApr 15, 2013
  15. Ramkumar RamachandraApr 15, 2013
  16. Jeff KingApr 15, 2013
  17. Junio C HamanoApr 15, 2013
  18. Ramkumar RamachandraApr 16, 2013
  19. Marc BranchaudApr 16, 2013
  20. Marc BranchaudApr 15, 2013
  21. Ramkumar RamachandraApr 16, 2013
  22. Marc BranchaudApr 16, 2013
  23. Marc BranchaudApr 15, 2013
  24. Junio C HamanoApr 15, 2013
  25. Marc BranchaudApr 15, 2013
  26. Junio C HamanoApr 15, 2013
  27. Ramkumar RamachandraApr 16, 2013
  28. Marc BranchaudApr 16, 2013
  29. Ramkumar RamachandraApr 15, 2013
  30. Jonathan NiederApr 16, 2013
  31. Ramkumar RamachandraApr 16, 2013
  32. Junio C HamanoApr 16, 2013
  33. Jonathan NiederApr 17, 2013
  34. Duy NguyenApr 17, 2013
  35. Ramkumar RamachandraApr 17, 2013
  36. Duy NguyenApr 17, 2013
  37. Ramkumar RamachandraApr 17, 2013
  38. Duy NguyenApr 17, 2013
  39. Ramkumar RamachandraApr 17, 2013
  40. Duy NguyenApr 17, 2013
  41. Junio C HamanoApr 17, 2013

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