From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Wed, 25 May 2016 22:38:57 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] Submodules: have a depth field in the .gitmodules file
Message-ID: <xmqqeg8pzrsu.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <20160525220006.27138-1-sbeller@google.com>

Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com> writes:

> Sometimes the history of a submodule is not considered important by
> the projects upstream. To make it easier for downstream users, allow
> a field 'submodule.<name>.depth' in .gitmodules, which can be used
> to indicate the recommended depth.

Hmph.  I can understand and certainly agree with the first sentence,
but I am not sure if "depth", if it is anything other than "1" or
"infinity", is a reasonable value.

I'd understand if a project wants to say something like "at this
moment, history before v2.0 tag does not matter", though.