Re: [PATCH] submodule: stop sanitizing config options

> Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
> 
> > [+cc Stefan and Jacob since this is really resuming that earlier thread]
> > ...
> >> 
> >> So I think we'd actually want my series as a preliminary fix, followed
> >> by dropping the whitelist entirely on top of that, and then probably
> >> simplifying the shell sanitize_submodule_env() on top of that (it would
> >> be correct without the whitelist, but you can also trivially implement
> >> it without having to call submodule--helper at all).
> >
> > I think we'd actually do it all in one, and that patch looks something
> > like the one below (on top of jk/submodule-config-sanitize-fix).
> >
> > I don't feel that strongly about going either direction with this, but I
> > figure it doesn't hurt to make the patch so we know what the actual
> > option looks like.
> 
> I do not feel strongly either, but I suspect "we do not filter"
> would be a lot easier to explain than "we pass these selected
> things, each with such and such justification why it has to be
> passed down".