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Re: [PATCH 0/6] git-rm absorbs submodule git directory before deletion

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Dec 13, 2016, 19:54 UTC
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Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com> writes:
> I guess the latter is the case, so embedding is actually inside
> the working tree and un-embedding is the relocation to the
> superproject.

Another reason why I personally see a .git in each submodule working tree is "embedded" has nothing to do with Git. It is an analogy I feel (perhaps it is just me) with the word "embedded reporters in warzone". These people are spread around, assigned to units to report from places closer to the front line and being closer to the leaf of the hierarchy, as opposed to be assigned to a more central place like HQ to do their reporting.

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Message 21 of 21 in “git-rm absorbs submodule git directory before deletion”
  1. 0/6 git-rm absorbs submodule git directory before deletionStefan Beller, Dec 13, 2016
  2. 2/6 submodule: modernize ok_to_remove_submodule to use argv_arrayStefan Beller, Dec 13, 2016
  3. 4/6 ok_to_remove_submodule: absorb the submodule git dirStefan Beller, Dec 13, 2016
  4. 1/6 submodule.h: add extern keyword to functionsStefan Beller, Dec 13, 2016
  5. 3/6 submodule: add flags to ok_to_remove_submoduleStefan Beller, Dec 13, 2016
  6. 6/6 rm: add absorb a submodules git dir before deletionStefan Beller, Dec 13, 2016
  7. brian m. carlsonDec 13, 2016
  8. Stefan BellerDec 13, 2016
  9. David TurnerDec 13, 2016
  10. 5/6 t3600: slightly modernize styleStefan Beller, Dec 13, 2016
  11. Junio C HamanoDec 13, 2016
  12. Stefan BellerDec 13, 2016
  13. Junio C HamanoDec 13, 2016
  14. Stefan BellerDec 13, 2016
  15. Junio C HamanoDec 13, 2016
  16. Stefan BellerDec 13, 2016
  17. Stefan BellerDec 13, 2016
  18. Junio C HamanoDec 13, 2016
  19. Stefan BellerDec 13, 2016
  20. Stefan BellerDec 13, 2016
  21. Junio C HamanoDec 13, 2016

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