From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2017 00:26:27 GMT
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 2/4] change submodule push test to use proper repository setup
Message-ID: <xmqq7ew143f0.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <20171011145657.GB85076@book.hvoigt.net>

Heiko Voigt <hvoigt@hvoigt.net> writes:

> This "default" value thing got me thinking in a different direction. We
> could use a scheme like that to get names (and values) for submodules
> that are missing from the .gitmodules file. If we decide that we need to
> handle them.

Yes, I suspect that would improve things quite a bit in a repository
where it added a new submodule by filling the gap between the time
when a gitlink is added and an entry in .gitmodules is added.  The
latter needs to happen if the result of the work done in that
repository is pushed out elsewhere---otherwise it won't usable by
other people.