From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI, RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 32FEE1FD99 for ; Wed, 10 Aug 2016 20:39:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S934391AbcHJUiU (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Aug 2016 16:38:20 -0400 Received: from pb-smtp2.pobox.com ([64.147.108.71]:59955 "EHLO sasl.smtp.pobox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753131AbcHJSPn (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Aug 2016 14:15:43 -0400 Received: from sasl.smtp.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp2.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id AFB8E3005D; Wed, 10 Aug 2016 11:59:42 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; s=sasl; bh=3OpZ3Uyekq7JCbCyYeMixfXpNEU=; b=bajk1c I53x/VHN0O1Nyo6e27+JdR7KBK7QOH6MYompumVjxFT8/AzbnrAYmn9foV+dVpJg 2pH/stloDfCGlBu1CQxeImPK4myHab8gWGvUzV/8YfgKnRuM8Owbj2cHbod2E5vo c+3YeWt8XBSjpVPd0Ugoofz1J+D92v/HcMCiQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; q=dns; s=sasl; b=rCK1jtC8o4oJu+Z0lLtNIka96gDQ7alF jDaFjLam9t5QB74c6PQKFNR5I3JRJ5e75HhJAOm9MKNxd4KmpgPT01fuqPRgyGv2 nwtBDmJElIRM+vcSCQwGC1eJEQKttMHh6iMHzRq3dA3VmGk5dX5PsVntEHneWPCP qkJnoRf0Azc= Received: from pb-smtp2.nyi.icgroup.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp2.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A88183005C; Wed, 10 Aug 2016 11:59:42 -0400 (EDT) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [104.132.0.95]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pb-smtp2.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2CF373005B; Wed, 10 Aug 2016 11:59:42 -0400 (EDT) From: Junio C Hamano To: Stefan Beller Cc: "git\@vger.kernel.org" , Jens Lehmann , "Michael S. Tsirkin" Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 0/6] git clone: Marry --recursive and --reference References: <20160809040811.21408-1-sbeller@google.com> Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2016 08:59:40 -0700 In-Reply-To: (Stefan Beller's message of "Tue, 9 Aug 2016 15:05:07 -0700") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Pobox-Relay-ID: 73214BAC-5F13-11E6-937F-EE617A1B28F4-77302942!pb-smtp2.pobox.com Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Stefan Beller writes: > On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 2:45 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote: >> becomes easily doable (i.e. subsequent "submodule update" can realize >> that the submodule does not have alternates but it could borrow from >> the submodule in the other-super-project-location). > > I would suggest to postpone this to a later time once the need arises. Oh, no question about that (did I even sound to be suggesting to do it now?). It is just one of the yardsticks I use when gauging if a proposed solution is sound to see how it will naturally scale and/or extend to other possible scenarios, and I was pointing out that this seems to pass the test.