Re: [PATCH 1/3] git-submodule: allow submodule name and path to differ

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Jun 10, 2007, 07:25 UTC
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0706100820560.4059@racer.site>
In-Reply-To: <7vbqfod57b.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>

Hi,

On Sat, 9 Jun 2007, Junio C Hamano wrote:

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> Lars Hjemli <hjemli@gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > This teaches git-submodule to check module.*.path when looking for the 
> > config for a submodule path. If no match is found it falls back to the 
> > current behaviour (module.$path).
> 
> I have a feeling that it might be much less troublesome in the longer 
> term to admit that module.$path was a mistake and support only one 
> format; wouldn't trying to support both leave ambiguity and confusion?

Just my 2cents: git-submodule is not yet in any released version. So let's fix things early. In our world, it's not like you lose face when you have to admit mistakes. (Instead, you lose face when you refuse to fix them.) Ah, if only politics learnt from our world...

Ciao, Dscho