Re: [PATCH] Teach remote machinery about remotes.default config variable

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Jan 16, 2008, 01:40 UTC
Message-ID: <alpine.LSU.1.00.0801160139390.17650@racer.site>
In-Reply-To: <478D5D07.3030202@gmail.com>

Hi,

On Tue, 15 Jan 2008, Mark Levedahl wrote:

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> Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> 
> > There's got to be a way to fix this _without_ affecting other users.
>   I believe the only normally visible change from my proposal is that 
> git-submodule update will follow top-level's branch from 
> branch.<name>.remote, which is a good thing. The other changes are only 
> visible if using clone -o or otherwise explicitly asking that "origin" 
> not be used or defined, which again is actually following the user's 
> request.
> 
> If you know of other effects, please explain them.

Do I really have to explain this late in the game for 1.5.4 how such intrusive changes can affect stability of code paths which would be otherwise unaffected by submodules? I think not.

Ciao, Dscho