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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, 19:47 UTC
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Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com> writes:
> The desired standard for submodules is to have the git dir inside the
> superprojects git dir (since  501770e, Aug 2011, Move git-dir for
> submodules), which is why I think an "embedded submodule git dir"
> is inside the superproject already.

Think how you start a new submodule. What are the steps you take before you say "git submodule add"? And where does .git for the submodule live at that point?

With the current system, you as the submodule originator need to do something different to make your working tree of the superproject match what the others who clone from your public repository.

And comparing the two layout, the one originally held by the submodule originator has .git embedded in the working tree, no?

All of the above is coming from "submodule" centric mindset. It just is not centric to those who follow what others originated.

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Message 18 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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