gc/submodule-update (was Re: What's cooking in git.git (Jun 2022, #07; Wed, 22))

From: Glen Choo <chooglen@google.com>
Date: Jun 24, 2022, 03:12 UTC
Message-ID: <kl6lk096iwk3.fsf@chooglen-macbookpro.roam.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <xmqq7d584hqb.fsf@gitster.g>

Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:

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> * gc/submodule-update (2022-06-15) 12 commits
>  - git-sh-setup.sh: remove "say" function, change last users
>  - git-submodule.sh: use "$quiet", not "$GIT_QUIET"
>  - submodule--helper: eliminate internal "--update" option
>  - submodule--helper: understand --checkout, --merge and --rebase synonyms
>  - submodule--helper: report "submodule" as our name in "-h" output
>  - submodule--helper: rename "absorb-git-dirs" to "absorbgitdirs"
>  - submodule update: remove "-v" option
>  - submodule--helper: have --require-init imply --init
>  - git-submodule.sh: remove unused top-level "--branch" argument
>  - git-submodule.sh: make "$cached" variable a boolean
>  - git-submodule.sh: remove unused $prefix var and --super-prefix
>  - git-submodule.sh: remove unused sanitize_submodule_env()
>
>  More work on "git submodule update".
>
>  Needs review.
>  source: <cover-v2-00.12-00000000000-20220613T220150Z-avarab@gmail.com>

I think this is worth renaming since 1. Ævar has taken over this and 2. it is no longer primarily about "git submodule update".

Maybe "ab/submodule-cleanup" and "Preparation to turn git-submodule.sh into a builtin"?