Re: [RFC] Submodules in GIT

From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date: Dec 2, 2006, 20:46 UTC
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0612021245081.3476@woody.osdl.org>
In-Reply-To: <20061202202103.GS18810@admingilde.org>

On Sat, 2 Dec 2006, Martin Waitz wrote:

> 
> What makes a submodule so special that now we suddenly have to store
> those stuff in the object database?

I'm not sure it is. I suspect a pure commit link with just a CVS-style "modules" file is sufficient. I'm just saying that I don't think it is _wrong_ to possibly want to expand it.

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