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Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH 0/7] Rework git core for native submodules
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Ramkumar Ramachandra wrote:

>             It's about the core object code of git parsing links, as
> opposed to a fringe submodule.c/ submodule.sh parsing .gitmodules.

What's stopping the core object code of git parsing .gitmodules?  What
is the core object code?  How does this compare to other metadata
files like .gitattributes and .gitignore?