Re: [PATCHv2 4/4] submodule: add embed-git-dir function

> On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 1:39 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
>> Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com> writes:
>>
>>>     git relocate-git-dir (--into-workingtree|--into-gitdir) \
>>
>> I am not sure if you meant this as a submodule-specific subcommand
>> or more general helper.  "into-workingtree" suggests to me that it
>> is submodule specific, so I'll base my response on that assumption.
>>
>> Would there ever be a situation where you already have submodule
>> repositories in the right place (according to the more modern
>> practice, to keep them in .git/modules/ of superproject) and want to
>> move them to embed them in worktrees of submodules?  I do not think
>> of any.
>
>  "Hi, I made a mistake by using submodules. I don't want to use
>   them any more, I rather want to:
>   A) make it a separate git repo again and I'll keep them in sync myself
>   B) ... "