From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nanako Shiraishi Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] submodule: add --no-fetch parameter to update command Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 10:32:08 +0900 Message-ID: <20090111103208.6117@nanako3.lavabit.com> References: <1231553410-7541-2-git-send-email-git@fabian-franz.de> <1231553410-7541-1-git-send-email-git@fabian-franz.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, j.sixt@viscovery.net, hjemli@gmail.com, gitster@pobox.com To: Fabian Franz X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sun Jan 11 02:34:31 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LLpDc-0000Ze-An for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Sun, 11 Jan 2009 02:34:24 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754326AbZAKBc7 (ORCPT ); Sat, 10 Jan 2009 20:32:59 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754233AbZAKBc6 (ORCPT ); Sat, 10 Jan 2009 20:32:58 -0500 Received: from karen.lavabit.com ([72.249.41.33]:49412 "EHLO karen.lavabit.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754147AbZAKBc5 (ORCPT ); Sat, 10 Jan 2009 20:32:57 -0500 Received: from b.earth.lavabit.com (b.earth.lavabit.com [192.168.111.11]) by karen.lavabit.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 57D19C7B34; Sat, 10 Jan 2009 19:32:57 -0600 (CST) Received: from 6722.lavabit.com (212.62.97.21) by lavabit.com with ESMTP id EWOS0ERY0Z64; Sat, 10 Jan 2009 19:32:57 -0600 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=lavabit; d=lavabit.com; b=S2Whf+Vo/UTGg042itz/okZJufPnW98d1bOKi3VLs50pzYI3YiH8z7r85aw3TgKNWm5jsKyQ5frnLgqwY45XdTS5elPmb/FgSRuPsjUqyPNlPSWyMC3EjI54BuVOSnv5ZHXD9EVy0oxC+UoSOaVwNbPvg2bP7qPWUrgezpFIF6g=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:In-Reply-To:References:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Message-Id; In-Reply-To: <1231553410-7541-2-git-send-email-git@fabian-franz.de> Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Quoting Fabian Franz writes: > When -u|--use-gitmodules is given the update command uses the .gitmodules > config file instead of the .git/config file to obtain the track parameter. > This makes it for example possible to change branches for all submodules > at the same time without having to sync up .git/config first. > > Signed-off-by: Fabian Franz Once you start doing that, doesn't it force you to always bypass .git/config, making the current mechanism even less useful? If you find that "having to sync up .git/config first" is inconvenient, wouldn't it be more useful for your patch if it made it easier and more convenient the procedure "to sync up .git/config first", instead of bypassing the current setup? -- Nanako Shiraishi http://ivory.ap.teacup.com/nanako3/