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: Martin Waitz Subject: Re: [RFC] Submodules in GIT Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2006 07:29:16 +0100 Message-ID: <20061203062916.GY18810@admingilde.org> References: <20061130170625.GH18810@admingilde.org> <200612020017.44275.Josef.Weidendorfer@gmx.de> <20061202202428.GT18810@admingilde.org> <200612030155.09630.Josef.Weidendorfer@gmx.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="cy0BeJHB1CR/AQ7b" NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2006 06:29:30 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Linus Torvalds , sf , git@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200612030155.09630.Josef.Weidendorfer@gmx.de> X-PGP-Fingerprint: B21B 5755 9684 5489 7577 001A 8FF1 1AC5 DFE8 0FB2 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i 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 1Gqkqo-0000KQ-E4 for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Sun, 03 Dec 2006 07:29:23 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S936673AbWLCG3T (ORCPT ); Sun, 3 Dec 2006 01:29:19 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S936675AbWLCG3T (ORCPT ); Sun, 3 Dec 2006 01:29:19 -0500 Received: from agent.admingilde.org ([213.95.21.5]:30139 "EHLO mail.admingilde.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S936673AbWLCG3S (ORCPT ); Sun, 3 Dec 2006 01:29:18 -0500 Received: from martin by mail.admingilde.org with local (Exim 4.50 #1) id 1Gqkqi-00016e-Vg; Sun, 03 Dec 2006 07:29:17 +0100 To: Josef Weidendorfer Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org --cy0BeJHB1CR/AQ7b Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable hoi :) On Sun, Dec 03, 2006 at 01:55:08AM +0100, Josef Weidendorfer wrote: > On Saturday 02 December 2006 21:24, Martin Waitz wrote: > > On Sat, Dec 02, 2006 at 12:17:44AM +0100, Josef Weidendorfer wrote: > > > After some thinking, a submodule namespace even is important for chec= king > > > out only parts of a supermodule, exactly because the root of a submod= ule > > > potentially can change at every commit. > >=20 > > have you ever thought about the idea that the location may be an > > important thing to consider for your decision. >=20 > Which decision, for what? Sorry, I do not understand. to check out, or not to check out. > What should such a general partial tree support look like? I suppose you > want to configure paths which should not be checked out. As long as you > say that a given submodule always has to exist at a given path, you are > right: then, you can say: "Please, do not check out this submodule" which > is the same as "Do not check out this path".=20 You could say something like "do not check out anything below "test/". If then some submodule moves from "test/foo" to "build/foo", it will be checked out, because this module is now not only used for testing, but is needed for building in the new version of the supermodule. --=20 Martin Waitz --cy0BeJHB1CR/AQ7b Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFFcm68j/Eaxd/oD7IRAl1CAJ4p7WpTQOSehAEMnLfzEoS8tl9F/ACfcCzj YTk48P7CwW/5toA+w+VOmWo= =tiVq -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----