From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
Cc: Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com>,
Brandon Williams <bmwill@google.com>,
Git Mailing List <git@vger.kernel.org>,
Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>,
Jens Lehmann <Jens.Lehmann@web.de>,
Heiko Voigt <hvoigt@hvoigt.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 4/4] submodule: add embed-git-dir function
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2016 14:18:38 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqq37i8d329.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAGZ79kZSAJauwBwrxf+QAhQgyu4ACn+8LrwjpFGVaUQfSzHEAg@mail.gmail.com> (Stefan Beller's message of "Wed, 30 Nov 2016 13:56:09 -0800")
Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com> writes:
> On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 1:39 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
>> Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com> writes:
>>
>>> git relocate-git-dir (--into-workingtree|--into-gitdir) \
>>
>> I am not sure if you meant this as a submodule-specific subcommand
>> or more general helper. "into-workingtree" suggests to me that it
>> is submodule specific, so I'll base my response on that assumption.
>>
>> Would there ever be a situation where you already have submodule
>> repositories in the right place (according to the more modern
>> practice, to keep them in .git/modules/ of superproject) and want to
>> move them to embed them in worktrees of submodules? I do not think
>> of any.
>
> "Hi, I made a mistake by using submodules. I don't want to use
> them any more, I rather want to:
> A) make it a separate git repo again and I'll keep them in sync myself
> B) ... "
OK, I can buy that. Thanks.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-11-30 22:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-11-22 19:22 [PATCHv2 0/4] `submodule embedgitdirs` [was: Introduce `submodule interngitdirs`] Stefan Beller
2016-11-22 19:22 ` [PATCHv2 1/4] submodule: use absolute path for computing relative path connecting Stefan Beller
2016-11-22 19:22 ` [PATCHv2 2/4] submodule helper: support super prefix Stefan Beller
2016-11-22 19:22 ` [PATCHv2 3/4] test-lib-functions.sh: teach test_commit -C <dir> Stefan Beller
2016-11-22 19:22 ` [PATCHv2 4/4] submodule: add embed-git-dir function Stefan Beller
2016-11-22 19:33 ` [PATCH] SQUASH Stefan Beller
2016-11-30 11:14 ` [PATCHv2 4/4] submodule: add embed-git-dir function Duy Nguyen
2016-11-30 18:04 ` Stefan Beller
2016-11-30 20:48 ` Stefan Beller
2016-11-30 20:51 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-11-30 21:00 ` Stefan Beller
2016-11-30 21:39 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-11-30 21:56 ` Stefan Beller
2016-11-30 22:18 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
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