From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, bmwill@google.com, peff@peff.net
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 3/3] submodule absorbing: fix worktree/gitdir pointers recursively for non-moves
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2017 14:54:57 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqq37g692da.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170124235651.18749-4-sbeller@google.com> (Stefan Beller's message of "Tue, 24 Jan 2017 15:56:51 -0800")
Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com> writes:
> Consider having a submodule 'sub' and a nested submodule at 'sub/nested'.
> When nested is already absorbed into sub, but sub is not absorbed into
> its superproject, then we need to fixup the gitfile and core.worktree
> setting for 'nested' when absorbing 'sub', but we do not need to move
> its git dir around.
>
> Previously 'nested's gitfile contained "gitdir: ../.git/modules/nested";
> it has to be corrected to "gitdir: ../../.git/modules/sub1/modules/nested".
That sounds like a sensible way to make things consistent.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-01-25 22:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-01-24 21:03 [PATCH] submodule absorbing: fix worktree/gitdir pointers recursively for non-moves Stefan Beller
2017-01-24 21:58 ` Brandon Williams
2017-01-24 22:13 ` Stefan Beller
2017-01-24 22:19 ` Brandon Williams
2017-01-24 23:56 ` [PATCHv2 0/3] fix recursive submodule absorbing Stefan Beller
2017-01-24 23:56 ` [PATCHv2 1/3] Add gentle version of resolve_git_dir Stefan Beller
2017-01-24 23:56 ` [PATCHv2 2/3] cache.h: expose the dying procedure for reading gitlinks Stefan Beller
2017-01-24 23:56 ` [PATCHv2 3/3] submodule absorbing: fix worktree/gitdir pointers recursively for non-moves Stefan Beller
2017-01-25 0:46 ` Brandon Williams
2017-01-25 23:04 ` Stefan Beller
2017-01-25 22:54 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2017-01-25 23:04 ` [PATCHv3 " Stefan Beller
2017-01-25 23:39 ` Brandon Williams
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