From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 22:20:55 GMT
Subject: Re: Intoducing the .git file (again)
Message-ID: <alpine.LSU.1.00.0802172219190.30505@racer.site>
In-Reply-To: <1203286456-26033-1-git-send-email-hjemli@gmail.com>

Hi,

On Sun, 17 Feb 2008, Lars Hjemli wrote:

> PPS: If included, the .git file should probably be used by git-submodule 
> to clone submodule repositories into something like 
> $GIT_DIR/submodules/<name>, as that would make local submodule changes 
> more resistant to dataloss due to checkout/reset in the containing 
> repository.

I don't buy that argument.  For the moment, the submodules are 
self-contained repositories.  The superproject does not even have to have 
a single object contained in a submodule.  I'd try to keep that 
separation.

As for data loss, again, as a submodule is self-contained, the same rules 
apply to it as for any repository.

Ciao,
Dscho