Re: What's cooking in git.git (Sep 2022, #01; Mon, 5)

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Sep 8, 2022, 16:57 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqpmg5rehf.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <kl6ly1uu94ca.fsf@chooglen-macbookpro.roam.corp.google.com>

Glen Choo <chooglen@google.com> writes:

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> Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
>
>> * gc/submodule-propagate-branches (2022-08-29) 6 commits
>>  - clone, submodule update: check out branches
>>  - submodule--helper: refactor up-to-date criterion
>>  - submodule: return target of submodule symref
>>  - t5617: drop references to remote-tracking branches
>>  - repo-settings: add submodule_propagate_branches
>>  - clone: teach --detach option
>>
>>  "git clone --recurse-submodules" and "git submodule update" learns
>>  to honor the "propagete branches" option.
>>
>>  Needs review.
>>  source: <pull.1321.git.git.1661806456.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
>
> I suggest renaming the branch - the config "submodule.propagateBranches"
> will be used by many more commands in the future, several of which will
> probably be authored by me :)

OK.  So this is a "clone" and "update" part of the larger topic?

> Maybe gc/submodule-update-with-branches? Or
> gc/recursive-clone-with-branches.

Both sound good suggestions.