Re: [RFC PATCH 0/4] cache parent project's gitdir in submodules

> 
> Emily Shaffer <emilyshaffer@google.com> writes:
> 
> > It's necessary for a superproject to know which submodules it contains.
> > However, historically submodules do not know they are anything but a
> > normal single-repo Git project (or a superproject, in nested-submodules
> > cases). This decision does help prevent us from having to support
> > divergent behaviors in submodule projects vs. superprojects, which makes
> > sure Git is (somewhat) less confusing for the reader, and helps simplify
> > our code.
> 
> https://github.com/git/git/actions/runs/934803365 is the CI run of
> 'seen' that passes.  With this and another topic merged to 'seen',
> as can be seen in https://github.com/git/git/actions/runs/934680687,
> a handful of tests fail.