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Re: url.<base>.insteadOf vs. submodules

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Jon Loeliger <jdl@jdl.com>
Date
Feb 22, 2017, 14:00 UTC
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So, like, Junio C Hamano said:
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> Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com> writes:
> 
> > Do we want to invent a special value for url.*.insteadOf to mean
> >   "look up in superproject, so I don't have to keep
> >   a copy that may get stale" ?
> 
> My gut feeling is that we should do the selective/filtered include
> Peff mentioned when a repository is known to be used as a submodule
> of somebody else.

Does the management of these submodue-related config values become easier if, instead of placing them in .config, we place them in a git/.context file?

jdl
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  2. Jeff KingFeb 20, 2017
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  4. Jeff KingFeb 20, 2017
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  6. Jeff KingFeb 21, 2017
  7. Stefan BellerFeb 21, 2017
  8. Jeff KingFeb 21, 2017
  9. Stefan BellerFeb 21, 2017
  10. Junio C HamanoFeb 21, 2017
  11. Junio C HamanoFeb 21, 2017
  12. Stefan BellerFeb 22, 2017
  13. Junio C HamanoFeb 22, 2017
  14. Jon LoeligerFeb 22, 2017
  15. Junio C HamanoFeb 22, 2017
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  17. Stefan BellerFeb 22, 2017
  18. Jeff KingFeb 21, 2017
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