Re: [RFC] submodule+shallow clone feature request

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Feb 10, 2010, 23:59 UTC
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.1.00.1002110057180.20986@pacific.mpi-cbg.de>
In-Reply-To: <7v1vgszo16.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>

Hi,

On Wed, 10 Feb 2010, Junio C Hamano wrote:

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> Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
> 
> > Yes. Note, though, that the problems of enhancing git-submodule are 
> > not technical, as we can learn from the recent history, including the 
> > lack of support for rebasing submodules (there _were_ patches!).
> 
> Sorry I don't recall.  Were they of 'next' quality?  How well were they 
> reviewed?

Obviously not, otherwise you would have applied them, no?

OTOH I found the technical details rather trivial, so maybe they were 'next' quality, but there was another reason you did not apply them.

I just know that from my daily workflow, I deeply miss rebasing submodules. But then, I listed the issues I have with submodules, and this list was welcomed with unbelievable enthusiasm.

Ciao, Dscho