From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2017 20:47:24 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] RFC: Introduce '.gitorderfile'
Message-ID: <xmqq8tjsukrn.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAGZ79kao8=L33jqSFdmYp4NhKfCKDmoqYWvCzuMJ2+Pfq=SYEA@mail.gmail.com>

Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com> writes:

> The point I was trying to make is best demonstrated in
> t5526-fetch-submodules.sh:
>
>> ok 7 - using fetchRecurseSubmodules=true in .gitmodules recurses into submodules
>> ok 8 - --no-recurse-submodules overrides .gitmodules config
>> ok 9 - using fetchRecurseSubmodules=false in .git/config overrides setting in .gitmodules
>
> They were not suggestions, but defaults dictated by the project.

Yeah, and that is why I kept thinking that recurse-submodules may be
a huge mistake.