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Re: serving git with both "git:" and "http:" and submodules

From
Peter Krefting <peter@softwolves.pp.se>
Date
Jul 15, 2010, 06:46 UTC
Message-ID
<alpine.DEB.2.00.1007150745340.13735@perkele.intern.softwolves.pp.se>
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Boaz Harrosh:
> [submodule "sub"]
>        url = git://my-domain.org/my-tree/sub/.git
> So my question is: Can I automate this so people with "http:" clones are 
> not forced to manually edit their config files?

You should be able to use a relative URL in .gitmodules, something like this should work:

[submodule "sub"]
        url = ../sub/.git
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  1. Boaz HarroshJul 14, 2010
  2. Jonathan NiederJul 14, 2010
  3. Boaz HarroshJul 14, 2010
  4. Jonathan NiederJul 14, 2010
  5. Brad KingJul 15, 2010
  6. Peter KreftingJul 15, 2010
  7. gitmodules.5: url can be a relative pathJonathan Nieder, Jul 15, 2010
  8. Documentation: add submodule.* to the big configuration variable listJonathan Nieder, Jul 15, 2010
  9. Johan HerlandJul 15, 2010
  10. Jonathan NiederJul 15, 2010
  11. Johan HerlandJul 15, 2010
  12. Boaz HarroshJul 15, 2010

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