From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2025 16:32:01 GMT
Subject: Re: git fails to checkout SHA1 submodule in SHA256 repo with --depth=1
Message-ID: <xmqq7bvvtdoe.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <c94a929df63f79e49eeae0cd67c1f59f859e3d62.camel@suse.com>

Martin Wilck <mwilck@suse.com> writes:

>> Subject: Re: git fails to checkout SHA1 submodule in SHA256 repo with --depth=1

I think it is not supposed to work to mix repositories like this,
regardless of any other option like --depth.  I think brian gave a
response to that effect in a thread in the past few months.

    ... goes and looks ...

https://lore.kernel.org/git/aJ5gOPQ9oologqj-@fruit.crustytoothpaste.net/
https://lore.kernel.org/git/aKPJNNWMW9gtueEK@fruit.crustytoothpaste.net/