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Re: [PATCH v4] submodule: allow tracking of the newest revision of a branch in a submodule

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Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Jan 10, 2009, 14:23 UTC
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<alpine.DEB.1.00.0901101522560.30769@pacific.mpi-cbg.de>
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Hi,
On Sat, 10 Jan 2009, Fabian Franz wrote:
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> Submodules currently only allow tracking a specific revision and each 
> update in a submodule leads to a new commit in the master repository. 
> However some users may want to always track the newest revision of a 
> specific (named) tag or branch or HEAD. For example the user might want 
> to track a staging branch in all submodules.

I wonder how you want to deal with "git bisect". Or for that matter, with "git checkout HEAD^500".

Ciao, Dscho

Previous: Nanako Shiraishi
Message 9 of 9 in “submodule: allow tracking of the newest revision of a branch in a submodule”
  1. submodule: allow tracking of the newest revision of a branch in a submoduleFabian Franz, Jan 10, 2009
  2. submodule: add --no-fetch parameter to update commandFabian Franz, Jan 10, 2009
  3. submodule: add --use-gitmodules parameter to update commandFabian Franz, Jan 10, 2009
  4. submodule: add +<branch> syntax for track to allow automatic pulling.Fabian Franz, Jan 10, 2009
  5. submodule: add --recursive parameter to update commandFabian Franz, Jan 10, 2009
  6. Junio C HamanoJan 11, 2009
  7. Nanako ShiraishiJan 11, 2009
  8. Nanako ShiraishiJan 11, 2009
  9. Johannes SchindelinJan 10, 2009

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