Re: [RFC_PATCHv4 1/7] git submodule: teach `add` to label submodules

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mar 22, 2016, 22:34 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqq7fguf8gq.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <1458612372-10966-2-git-send-email-sbeller@google.com>

Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com> writes:

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> When adding new submodules, you can specify the
> label(s) the submodule belongs to by giving one or more
> --label arguments. This will record each label in the
> .gitmodules file as a value of the key
> "submodule.$NAME.label".

Having an ability to add a label when adding a brand new submodule would be a "nice-to-have" convenience feature, but I think it is better to start a series to add a new concept by "need-to-have" infrastructure that is lower-level. E.g. "git submodule label" command that allows you to things like:

 - query the labels on a given submodule
 - add a label to a given submodule (or to a set of submodules)
 - remove a label to a given submodule (or to a set of submodules)

And with that, the user can start using the feature without having "git submodule add --label".