Re: [PATCH v3 09/10] submodule--helper init: set submodule.<name>.active

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mar 16, 2017, 16:47 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqq4lytcgod.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <20170315224604.GG159137@google.com>

Brandon Williams <bmwill@google.com> writes:

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> So if we did
>
>   git clone --submodule-spec=lib/
>
> then each module under 'lib/' won't have their submodule.<name>.active
> config set since submodule.active=lib/ already encompasses them.

Ah, OK.  That removes my worries ;-)  Thanks for an explanation.

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