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On 11-08-12 03:55 PM, Fredrik Gustafsson wrote:
> 
> This patch will not affect already cloned submodules at all.

My question is perhaps a bit beyond the scope of this series...

Is there going to be a way to migrate submodules to the new layout?  If the
eventual goal is to be able to delete & restore submodule working
directories, it would be nice if that could work with submodules cloned by an
older git.

		M.