From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.176.0/21 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.5 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MSGID_FROM_MTA_HEADER,RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 From: Jon Loeliger Subject: Re: [RFC] Submodules in GIT Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 11:38:41 -0600 Message-ID: <1164735520.4724.28.camel@cashmere.sps.mot.com> References: <20061121223130.GA24909@nan92-1-81-57-214-146.fbx.proxad.net> <200611281335.38728.andyparkins@gmail.com> <20061128154434.GD28337@spearce.org> <200611281629.08636.andyparkins@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 17:39:54 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Git List , Shawn Pearce Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org In-Reply-To: <200611281629.08636.andyparkins@gmail.com> X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2.ydl.1) Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Gp6vZ-0001nW-3g for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Tue, 28 Nov 2006 18:39:29 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S935957AbWK1RjZ (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Nov 2006 12:39:25 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S935962AbWK1RjZ (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Nov 2006 12:39:25 -0500 Received: from az33egw01.freescale.net ([192.88.158.102]:5337 "EHLO az33egw01.freescale.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S935957AbWK1RjY (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Nov 2006 12:39:24 -0500 Received: from az33smr02.freescale.net (az33smr02.freescale.net [10.64.34.200]) by az33egw01.freescale.net (8.12.11/az33egw01) with ESMTP id kASHdMIN017992; Tue, 28 Nov 2006 10:39:22 -0700 (MST) Received: from [10.82.19.2] (cashmere.am.freescale.net [10.82.19.2]) by az33smr02.freescale.net (8.13.1/8.13.0) with ESMTP id kASHdLfb009216; Tue, 28 Nov 2006 11:39:21 -0600 (CST) To: Andy Parkins Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 2006-11-28 at 10:29, Andy Parkins wrote: > IMO, it should always be possible to take a submodule and work on it in > isolation - in an extreme case, by moving it out of the supermodule tree > entirely. This seems to me to be tantamount to saying something like: We need a "recursively defined git repository" that is representable as a git repository. That is, can the tree object be changed from containing just "blob" and "tree" references to also having a new "git" reference as well? jdl