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

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Dec 13, 2016, 18:53 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqq37hr4q5t.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAGZ79kbmtYzFmEKrxHKx-_WY=0NDJM=QZYJziim-eh-w4WzDKw@mail.gmail.com>

Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com> writes:

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> On Mon, Dec 12, 2016 at 11:28 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
>> Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com> writes:
>>
>>> The "checkout --recurse-submodules" series got too large to comfortably send
>>> it out for review, so I had to break it up into smaller series'; this is the
>>> first subseries, but it makes sense on its own.
>>>
>>> This series teaches git-rm to absorb the git directory of a submodule instead
>>> of failing and complaining about the git directory preventing deletion.
>>>
>>> It applies on origin/sb/submodule-embed-gitdir.
>>
>> Thanks.  I probably should rename the topic again with s/embed/absorb/;
>
> I mostly renamed it in the hope to settle our dispute what embedding means. ;)

I do not think there is no dispute about what embedding means. A submodule whose .git is inside its working tree has its repository embedded.

What we had trouble settling on was what to call the operation to undo the embedding, unentangling its repository out of the working tree. I'd still vote for unembed if you want a name to be nominated.

> Note that sb/t3600-cleanup is part of this series now,
> (The first commit of that series is in patch 6/6 of this series, and patch 5 is
> the modernization effort.)

Well, "t3600: remove useless redirect" has been in 'next' already; do you mean that you want me to queue this series on top of that topic?