From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2016 22:26:39 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 4/8] submodule: allow add_submodule_odb to work even if path is not checked out
Message-ID: <xmqqinuwz97k.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <CA+P7+xoy+dNY_LVZC4auavHZtPg-tKs_iwaBJF6kgYv_u+ubEA@mail.gmail.com>

Jacob Keller <jacob.keller@gmail.com> writes:

> Is there a way to do this lookup? I couldn't find it.

Perhaps submodule_from_path(), that is used to implement "git
submodule--helper name $path"?