From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D837AC33CAF for ; Thu, 16 Jan 2020 19:55:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1C7A2072B for ; Thu, 16 Jan 2020 19:55:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1731301AbgAPTzB (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Jan 2020 14:55:01 -0500 Received: from elephants.elehost.com ([216.66.27.132]:52278 "EHLO elephants.elehost.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1730342AbgAPTzB (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Jan 2020 14:55:01 -0500 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at elehost.com Received: from gnash (CPE00fc8d49d843-CM00fc8d49d840.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com [99.229.179.249]) (authenticated bits=0) by elephants.elehost.com (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTPSA id 00GJsuBm012356 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 16 Jan 2020 14:54:57 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from rsbecker@nexbridge.com) From: "Randall S. Becker" To: "'Andreas Schwab'" Cc: References: <005801d5cc8e$7ae618e0$70b24aa0$@nexbridge.com> <875zhbmbg3.fsf@igel.home> In-Reply-To: <875zhbmbg3.fsf@igel.home> Subject: RE: [RFE]: git submodule commit push Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 14:54:51 -0500 Message-ID: <006201d5cca6$d3dbea20$7b93be60$@nexbridge.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 16.0 Thread-Index: AQG+DP6kHNSgOyzT1Un0umyZonaCMgGw6ClUqA+sA3A= Content-Language: en-ca Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On January 16, 2020 2:46 PM, Andreas Schwab wrote: > On Jan 16 2020, Randall S. Becker wrote: > > > I'm finding that I have a frequent need to commit and push submodule > > changes because the submodule is currently subject to a whole bunch of > > changes. The submodule is pretty deep down in the java path of a maven > > project - so 7 directories down from the git root. It's a bloody pain > > to constantly change directories to get down there and back up to where I > am working. > > You can also use git -C ... Yes, and I could also set up an alias, which I did, but it still seems like submodule operations might be made more convenient from anywhere in the parent repo in general. Just a suggestion for discussions.