From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2018 16:24:14 GMT
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 06/12] submodule--helper: add a '--stage' option to the 'config' sub command
Message-ID: <xmqqbmajzadt.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <20180803130334.3979eedb0733c609815e9fd5@ao2.it>

Antonio Ospite <ao2@ao2.it> writes:

> The rationale behind the change is to close the circle started with 04
> and 05 and stop referring to .gitmodules explicitly by file path in git
> commands. The change is not strictly needed for the series, it's for
> consistency sake.

Sorry, but I am still not quite sure what consistency you are
referring to.

I also do not see a reason why we want to stop referring to
.gitmodules explicitly by name.  We do not hide the fact that
in-tree .gitignore and .gitattributes files are used to hold the
metainformation about the project tree, saying that it is an
implementation detail.  Is there a good reason why .gitmodules
should be different from these other two?