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Re: [PATCHv3 3/3] submodule-config: clarify parsing of null_sha1 element

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Nov 22, 2016, 03:42 UTC
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Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com> writes:
> +Whenever a submodule configuration is parsed in `parse_submodule_config_option`
> +via e.g. `gitmodules_config()`, it will be overwrite the null_sha1 entry.
It will overwrite?  It will be overwritten?  I guess it is the latter?
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> +So in the normal case, when HEAD:.gitmodules is parsed first and then overlayed
> +with the repository configuration, the null_sha1 entry contains the local
> +configuration of a submodule (e.g. consolidated values from local git
>  configuration and the .gitmodules file in the worktree).
>  
>  For an example usage see test-submodule-config.c.
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Message 5 of 6 in “[PATCHv3 0/3] submodule-config: clarify/cleanup docs and header”
  1. Stefan BellerNov 22, 2016
  2. 2/3 submodule-config: rename commit_sha1 to commit_or_treeStefan Beller, Nov 22, 2016
  3. 1/3 submodule config: inline config_from_{name, path}Stefan Beller, Nov 22, 2016
  4. 3/3 submodule-config: clarify parsing of null_sha1 elementStefan Beller, Nov 22, 2016
  5. Junio C HamanoNov 22, 2016
  6. Brandon WilliamsNov 22, 2016

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