From: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 07 Apr 2013 20:57:16 GMT
Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH 0/7] Rework git core for native submodules
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Jens Lehmann wrote:
> * Easier coding, as we find all information in a single object.

It's not just the difference between a single location versus multiple
locations.  It's about the core object code of git parsing links, as
opposed to a fringe submodule.c/ submodule.sh parsing .gitmodules.
When you push git-submodule.sh into core, you'll have to constantly
call functions to parse .gitmodules and get the information.  With
links, all that information is free, provided you've parsed the
object.