Re: What's cooking in git.git (Nov 2022, #07; Tue, 29)

[Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>]

Glen Choo <chooglen@google.com> writes:

> Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
>
>> * gc/submodule-clone-update-with-branches (2022-10-30) 8 commits
>>  - clone, submodule update: create and check out branches
>>  - submodule--helper: remove update_data.suboid
>>  - submodule update: refactor update targets
>>  - submodule: return target of submodule symref
>>  - t5617: drop references to remote-tracking branches
>>  - submodule--helper clone: create named branch
>>  - repo-settings: add submodule_propagate_branches
>>  - clone: teach --detach option
>>
>>  "git clone --recurse-submodules" and "git submodule update" learns
>>  to honor the "propagete branches" option.
>>
>>  Waiting for review on the updated round.
>>  source: <pull.1321.v3.git.git.1666988096.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
>
> Jonathan left adequate feedback on the updated round, and we had decided
> on a direction for the reroll in [1].
>
> However, Calvin is also looking at how we could parallelize worktree
> updates to speed up "git clone --recurse-submodules", so the Google
> folks are taking an even bigger step back to figure out how worktree
> updating should look, which will probably end in a different approach
> from [1], but it should answer the questions on that thread about "git
> checkout" with branches.
>
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/git/20221123013319.1597025-1-jonathantanmy@google.com

Thanks for a status report.

So it sounds more like "discard for now" to expect a fresh restart.