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[PATCH 0/3] Teach submodule set-branch subcommand

From
Denton Liu <liu.denton@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 6, 2019, 10:59 UTC
Message-ID
<cover.1549450636.git.liu.denton@gmail.com>

Currently, there is no way to set the branch of a submodule without manually manipulating the .gitmodules file. This patchset introduces a porcelain command that enables this.

Denton Liu (3):
  git-submodule.txt: document default behavior without --branch
  submodule--helper: teach config subcommand --unset
  submodule: teach set-branch subcommand
 Documentation/git-submodule.txt        | 10 ++-
 builtin/submodule--helper.c            | 15 +++--
 contrib/completion/git-completion.bash |  5 +-
 git-submodule.sh                       | 75 +++++++++++++++++++--
 t/t7411-submodule-config.sh            |  9 +++
 t/t7419-submodule-set-branch.sh        | 93 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 6 files changed, 197 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
 create mode 100755 t/t7419-submodule-set-branch.sh
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2.20.1.522.g5f42c252e9
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Message 1 of 25 in “Teach submodule set-branch subcommand”
  1. 0/3 Teach submodule set-branch subcommandDenton Liu, Feb 6, 2019
  2. 1/3 git-submodule.txt: document default behavior without --branchDenton Liu, Feb 6, 2019
  3. Junio C HamanoFeb 6, 2019
  4. 2/3 submodule--helper: teach config subcommand --unsetDenton Liu, Feb 6, 2019
  5. Junio C HamanoFeb 6, 2019
  6. 3/3 submodule: teach set-branch subcommandDenton Liu, Feb 6, 2019
  7. 0/3 Teach submodule set-branch subcommandDenton Liu, Feb 7, 2019
  8. 1/3 git-submodule.txt: document default behavior without --branchDenton Liu, Feb 7, 2019
  9. 2/3 submodule--helper: teach config subcommand --unsetDenton Liu, Feb 7, 2019
  10. 3/3 submodule: teach set-branch subcommandDenton Liu, Feb 7, 2019
  11. 0/3 Teach submodule set-branch subcommandDenton Liu, Feb 7, 2019
  12. 1/3 git-submodule.txt: "--branch <branch>" option defaults to 'master'Denton Liu, Feb 7, 2019
  13. 2/3 submodule--helper: teach config subcommand --unsetDenton Liu, Feb 7, 2019
  14. Junio C HamanoFeb 7, 2019
  15. Junio C HamanoFeb 7, 2019
  16. 3/3 submodule: teach set-branch subcommandDenton Liu, Feb 7, 2019
  17. Junio C HamanoFeb 7, 2019
  18. Junio C HamanoFeb 7, 2019
  19. Denton LiuFeb 8, 2019
  20. Junio C HamanoFeb 8, 2019
  21. 0/3 Teach submodule set-branch subcommandDenton Liu, Feb 8, 2019
  22. 1/3 git-submodule.txt: "--branch <branch>" option defaults to 'master'Denton Liu, Feb 8, 2019
  23. 2/3 submodule--helper: teach config subcommand --unsetDenton Liu, Feb 8, 2019
  24. 3/3 submodule: teach set-branch subcommandDenton Liu, Feb 8, 2019
  25. Denton LiuFeb 8, 2019

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