Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] use absolute URLs for .gitmodules

[Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>]

On 03/09/2010 07:08 PM, Anthony Liguori wrote:
> On 03/09/2010 10:38 AM, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
>>>> diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
>>>> index dd4745e..5217ce7 100644
>>>> --- a/.gitmodules
>>>> +++ b/.gitmodules
>>>> @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
>>>>    [submodule "roms/vgabios"]
>>>>        path = roms/vgabios
>>>> -    url = ../vgabios.git
>>>> +    url = git://git.qemu.org/vgabios.git/
>>>>    [submodule "roms/seabios"]
>>>>        path = roms/seabios
>>>> -    url = ../seabios.git
>>>> +    url = git://git.qemu.org/seabios.git/
>>>>
>>> Relative URLs are more friendly for users of proxies.
>> Users of proxies can still customize their .git/config file.  This
>> bug caused (or contributed to) a real problem in the qemu-kvm
>> releases (they do not include seabios/vgabios references).
>
> That's odd because Avi's the one who has historically advocated 
> relative URLs.

I can fix the reference problem by adding something to a README.  Using 
an absolute URL means users behind firewalls cannot clone the submodules 
anymore without tinkering with git config files.

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