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Re: [PATCHv2 4/4] submodule: add embed-git-dir function

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Nov 30, 2016, 21:39 UTC
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Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com> writes:
>     git relocate-git-dir (--into-workingtree|--into-gitdir) \

I am not sure if you meant this as a submodule-specific subcommand or more general helper. "into-workingtree" suggests to me that it is submodule specific, so I'll base my response on that assumption.

Would there ever be a situation where you already have submodule repositories in the right place (according to the more modern practice, to keep them in .git/modules/ of superproject) and want to move them to embed them in worktrees of submodules? I do not think of any.

If there is no such situation, I do not think we want a verb that is direction-neutral (e.g. "move" or "relocate") with two options. Rather we would want "git submodule unembed-git-dir" or something like that.

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  1. Stefan BellerNov 22, 2016
  2. 1/4 submodule: use absolute path for computing relative path connectingStefan Beller, Nov 22, 2016
  3. 3/4 test-lib-functions.sh: teach test_commit -C <dir>Stefan Beller, Nov 22, 2016
  4. 2/4 submodule helper: support super prefixStefan Beller, Nov 22, 2016
  5. 4/4 submodule: add embed-git-dir functionStefan Beller, Nov 22, 2016
  6. SQUASHStefan Beller, Nov 22, 2016
  7. Duy NguyenNov 30, 2016
  8. Stefan BellerNov 30, 2016
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  10. Junio C HamanoNov 30, 2016
  11. Stefan BellerNov 30, 2016
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