# submodule name and path 2 messages from 2013-01-08 to 2013-01-08. Participants: 乙酸鋰, W. Trevor King. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/32560 ## 乙酸鋰, 2013-01-08 18:17 Subject: submodule name and path Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CAHtLG6TuHtk2P3w70-vUVGkdrv7R3VWyMzkGA4sr%3DG8xiSuEjA%40mail.gmail.com ``` Hi, In doc, "submodule name" is not clearly mentioned? What is the purpose of "submodule name"? Must be same as "submodule path"? "submodule path" can be repeated, while "submodule name" unique? ``` ## W. Trevor King, 2013-01-08 18:29 Subject: Re: submodule name and path Message-ID: <20130108182914.GH4662@odin.tremily.us> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20130108182914.GH4662%40odin.tremily.us In-Reply-To: ``` On Wed, Jan 09, 2013 at 02:17:42AM +0800, 乙酸鋰 wrote: > In doc, "submodule name" is not clearly mentioned? > What is the purpose of "submodule name"? > Must be same as "submodule path"? > "submodule path" can be repeated, while "submodule name" unique? The submodule name starts out the same as the submodule path, but the name stays constant through submodule moves, replacements, etc. The constant name is useful because out-of-tree configuration (e.g. stuff in .git/config and .git/modules/) won't have to adjust to submodule renames (except for core.worktree in .git/modules/*/config). See: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/49621 http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/206659 Cheers, Trevor -- This email may be signed or encrypted with GnuPG (http://www.gnupg.org). For more information, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_Good_Privacy ```