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: sf Subject: Re: [RFC] Submodules in GIT Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 12:57:44 +0100 Message-ID: <456EC738.6000103@b-i-t.de> 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; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 11:58:33 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Shawn Pearce Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 13 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: ip-213157015184.dialin.heagmedianet.de User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.8 (X11/20061110) In-Reply-To: <200611281629.08636.andyparkins@gmail.com> 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 1GpkYU-0004c1-Nc for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Thu, 30 Nov 2006 12:58:19 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S936225AbWK3L6Q (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Nov 2006 06:58:16 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S936234AbWK3L6Q (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Nov 2006 06:58:16 -0500 Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:50568 "EHLO ciao.gmane.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S936225AbWK3L6P (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Nov 2006 06:58:15 -0500 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1GpkYG-0004YP-Mn for git@vger.kernel.org; Thu, 30 Nov 2006 12:58:04 +0100 Received: from ip-213157015184.dialin.heagmedianet.de ([213.157.15.184]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 30 Nov 2006 12:58:04 +0100 Received: from sf by ip-213157015184.dialin.heagmedianet.de with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 30 Nov 2006 12:58:04 +0100 To: git@vger.kernel.org Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Andy Parkins wrote: ... > Worse, if you allow that to happen, the supermodule can commit a state that > cannot be retrieved from the submodule's repository. The ONLY thing a > supermodule can record about a submodule is a commit. So what? You have a submodule commit that only exists in the supermodule. I fail to see the problem. The changes you made to the submodule _in the supermodule_ can later be pulled from wherever you want. Regards Stephan