# Q: why submodules references are different from tree entries from point of view of sorting?

1 messages from 2009-06-26 to 2009-06-26. Participants: Constantine Plotnikov.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/19945

## Constantine Plotnikov, 2009-06-26 17:19

Subject: Q: why submodules references are different from tree entries from point of view of sorting?
Message-ID: <85647ef50906261019x1cf20245j968aacd5a988c85e@mail.gmail.com>
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Hello!

The submodule entry is an indirect reference to tree stored in commit
in another repository. But for some reason it is ordered in the same
way as a normal file entry rather than as a tree entry (with virtual
"/" at the end).

What was the reason for ordering submodule references this way?

Regards,
Constantine

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