Re: What's cooking in git.git (Sep 2022, #01; Mon, 5)

From: Glen Choo <chooglen@google.com>
Date: Sep 7, 2022, 23:01 UTC
Message-ID: <kl6ly1uu94ca.fsf@chooglen-macbookpro.roam.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqilm1yp3m.fsf@gitster.g>

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

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> * gc/submodule-propagate-branches (2022-08-29) 6 commits
>  - clone, submodule update: check out branches
>  - submodule--helper: refactor up-to-date criterion
>  - submodule: return target of submodule symref
>  - t5617: drop references to remote-tracking branches
>  - repo-settings: add submodule_propagate_branches
>  - clone: teach --detach option
>
>  "git clone --recurse-submodules" and "git submodule update" learns
>  to honor the "propagete branches" option.
>
>  Needs review.
>  source: <pull.1321.git.git.1661806456.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

I suggest renaming the branch - the config "submodule.propagateBranches" will be used by many more commands in the future, several of which will probably be authored by me :)

Maybe gc/submodule-update-with-branches? Or gc/recursive-clone-with-branches.