# Re: git init --separate-git-dir does not update symbolic .git links for submodules 2 messages from 2017-03-04 to 2017-03-06. Participants: Valery Tolstov, Stefan Beller. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/45292 ## Valery Tolstov, 2017-03-04 14:15 Subject: Re: git init --separate-git-dir does not update symbolic .git links for submodules Message-ID: <1488636950.25023.2@smtp.yandex.ru> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/1488636950.25023.2%40smtp.yandex.ru ``` Looking for microproject ideas for GSoC. Would this issue be suitable as the microproject? Thanks, Valery Tolstov ``` ## Stefan Beller, 2017-03-06 16:40 Subject: Re: git init --separate-git-dir does not update symbolic .git links for submodules Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CAGZ79kZbc394rmxYDUxCbysKNbEQCB7aLJkf6MGcCeXKAxiKhA%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: <1488636950.25023.2@smtp.yandex.ru> ``` On Sat, Mar 4, 2017 at 6:15 AM, Valery Tolstov wrote: > Looking for microproject ideas for GSoC. > Would this issue be suitable as the microproject? It would be a good project, but not as 'micro' I would assume. ;) Why it is not a micro project: To fix this issue we'd want to fix the .git link files recursively, i.e. nested submodules would also need fixing. And to recurse into submodules we normally spawn a child process. So maybe the plan is as follow: 1) Add the functionality to builtin/submodule--helper.c it fixes just one submodule, given by name. 2) add an externally visible command in the same file See e.g. module_name (the function and the table at the very end of the file) (1) needs to call this command (see clone_submodule() in that file how to call further commands) 2) "git init --separate-git-dir ../test" would call the function in (1), which then recursively uses (2) to call (1) in nested submodules. After thinking about it, it may be good for a micro project, as it is smaller than originally assumed. Specifically if you plan to look into submodules later on. Thanks, Stefan ```