Re: [RFC] Fourth round of support for cloning submodules

> On Friday 25 May 2007, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> > On Fri, 25 May 2007, Josef Weidendorfer wrote:
> >
> > > * Submodules can appear/disappear any time in the superproject. 
> > > Therefore, going back in time can make it necessary to have to clone 
> > > a submodule you did not have before.
> > >
> > > * Not every submodule is interesting for every developer; therefore, 
> > > an important design-decision for submodules is to allow at git-clone 
> > > time to not clone some submodules at all. However, you can change 
> > > your mind and want to follow a given submodule later.
> > 
> > Okay, so there are exceptions to the rule, just as everywhere.
> 
> The question here is in how many superprojects the exception will become 
> the rule, which would make manual overriding quite cumbersome.