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: Andreas Ericsson Subject: Re: [RFC] Submodules in GIT Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 09:32:46 +0100 Message-ID: <457E692E.7060708@op5.se> References: <20061130170625.GH18810@admingilde.org> <200612010902.51264.andyparkins@gmail.com> <20061201110032.GL18810@admingilde.org> <45701B8D.1030508@b-i-t.de> <20061201121234.GQ18810@admingilde.org> <4570289D.9050802@b-i-t.de> <20061201133558.GU18810@admingilde.org> <45703174.8000609@op5.se> <20061201134610.GW18810@admingilde.org> <457041AD.4010601@op5.se> <20061201150045.GZ18810@admingilde.org> <45705A94.2070509@op5.se> <457061A7.2000102@b-i-t.de> <1165602554.19135.309.camel@cashmere.sps.mot.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 08:32:57 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Linus Torvalds , sf , Git List , Martin Waitz Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (X11/20060913) In-Reply-To: <1165602554.19135.309.camel@cashmere.sps.mot.com> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by dough.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Gu34I-0003yt-Eh for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Tue, 12 Dec 2006 09:32:54 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750987AbWLLIct (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Dec 2006 03:32:49 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750991AbWLLIct (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Dec 2006 03:32:49 -0500 Received: from linux-server1.op5.se ([193.201.96.2]:53459 "EHLO smtp-gw1.op5.se" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750987AbWLLIcs (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Dec 2006 03:32:48 -0500 Received: from [192.168.1.20] (unknown [213.88.215.14]) by smtp-gw1.op5.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id 439146BCBE; Tue, 12 Dec 2006 09:32:47 +0100 (CET) To: Jon Loeliger Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Jon Loeliger wrote: > On Fri, 2006-12-01 at 14:13, Linus Torvalds wrote: > >> So this is why it's really important that the submodule really is a git >> repository in its own right, and why committing stuff in the supermodule >> NEVER affect the submodule itself directly (it might _cause_ you to also >> do a commit in the submodule indirectly, but the submodule commit MUST be >> totally independent, and stand on its own). > > An implication of this is that the entire administrative > responsibility for having some super-sub module interaction > lies entirely with the supermodule. > That's a good thing. I wouldn't want the openssl maintainers to have to bother with every project that uses their code, and I'm fairly certain they feel the same. -- Andreas Ericsson andreas.ericsson@op5.se OP5 AB www.op5.se