Re: question about git-submodule

[Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>]

Sven Verdoolaege, Sun, Jul 15, 2007 13:51:48 +0200:
> On Sun, Jul 15, 2007 at 12:47:12PM +0200, Alex Riesen wrote:
> > Count me out. Junio convinced me instead and having tried the
> > subprojects I find it really convenient: I can choose when and what
> > should be updated and I can see what _can_ be updated, iff I decide
> > to. Subprojects defined in such a loosely way are more flexible then
> > having git-pull fetch subprojects by default.
> 
> I agree that fetching should probably be left as a separate operation,
> but if you have all the data, then I find it very inconvenient that
> every time you switch to a different commit you have to update
> all the subprojects separately too.

I found I do _not_ need to do it every time I switch to a different
commit.

> Did you change your mind about this part too?

Yep. I have less to transfer (and in fact, the subproject I mentioned
is kind of heavy and has a lot of binary stuff in it).

> > Sometimes I even want be
> > _sure_ the subprojects are completely untouched (I have some critical
> > parts in them).
> 
> The update in the superproject would fail if the subproject is dirty
> (just as with files.)

Haven't noticed this yet. Merge ignores subprojects. What do you mean?