From: Jens Lehmann <Jens.Lehmann@web.de>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>,
Git List <git@vger.kernel.org>,
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>,
Heiko Voigt <hvoigt@hvoigt.net>
Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH 0/7] Rework git core for native submodules
Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2013 23:20:06 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <515DEE86.3020301@web.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+55aFyQwJfiYo06y1bRNpKT6wOquhG9a9M_4YvLG_UT3b34-w@mail.gmail.com>
Am 04.04.2013 21:04, schrieb Linus Torvalds:
> My gut feel is that yes, .gitmodules was always a bit of a hack, but
> it's a *working* hack, and it does have advantages exactly because
> it's more fluid than an actual git object (which by definition has to
> be set 100% in stone).
Exactly. The flexibility of the .gitmodules file will really help us
when it comes to the next feature that submodules are going to learn
after recursive update: automatically initialize and then populate
certain submodules during the clone of the superproject. You have to
be able to configure that per submodule, which needs a new config
option in .gitmodules. Others may follow for different use cases.
While starting to grok submodules I was wondering myself if the data
stored in .gitmodules would better be stored in an extended gitlink
object, but I learned soon that the scope of the data that has to be
stored there was not clear at that time (and still isn't). So I'm
not opposed per se to adding a special object containing all that
information, but I strongly believe we are not even close to
considering such a step (and won't be for quite some time and maybe
never will).
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-04-04 21:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 140+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-04-04 18:30 [RFC/PATCH 0/7] Rework git core for native submodules Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-04 18:30 ` [PATCH 1/7] link.c, link.h: introduce fifth object type Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-04 18:30 ` [PATCH 2/7] sha1_file, link: write link objects to the database Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-05 7:11 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-05 7:59 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-04 18:30 ` [PATCH 3/7] teach ce_compare_gitlink() about OBJ_LINK Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-04 18:30 ` [PATCH 4/7] builtin/log: teach show " Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-04 18:30 ` [PATCH 5/7] edit-link: add new builtin Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-04 18:30 ` [PATCH 6/7] clone: introduce clone.submodulegitdir Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-05 7:07 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-04 18:30 ` [PATCH 7/7] sha1_file: write ref_name to link object Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-05 7:03 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-04 18:40 ` [RFC/PATCH 0/7] Rework git core for native submodules Linus Torvalds
2013-04-04 18:52 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-04 19:04 ` Linus Torvalds
2013-04-04 19:17 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-04-04 19:59 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-04 20:28 ` Jens Lehmann
2013-04-04 19:36 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-04 19:44 ` Linus Torvalds
2013-04-04 19:52 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-04 20:08 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-04 20:04 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-05 16:02 ` Linus Torvalds
2013-04-05 16:37 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-04 19:42 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-04 21:20 ` Jens Lehmann [this message]
2013-04-04 21:35 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-04 22:13 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-04-04 22:18 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-04 22:26 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-04-04 22:32 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-04 23:08 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-04-04 23:14 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-05 17:07 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-04-05 17:23 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-05 6:53 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-04 18:47 ` Jonathan Nieder
2013-04-04 18:58 ` Jonathan Nieder
2013-04-04 18:55 ` Jonathan Nieder
2013-04-08 10:10 ` Duy Nguyen
2013-04-08 10:26 ` [PATCH] t3700 (add): add failing test for add with submodules Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-08 11:04 ` Duy Nguyen
2013-04-08 15:07 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-04-08 21:30 ` Jeff King
2013-04-08 22:03 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-04-08 22:07 ` Jeff King
2013-04-09 9:19 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-09 9:21 ` [PATCH 0/2] Fix git " Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-09 9:21 ` [PATCH 1/2] t3700 (add): add two tests for testing " Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-09 9:21 ` [PATCH 2/2] add: refuse to add paths beyond repository boundaries Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-09 16:50 ` Jeff King
2013-04-09 17:09 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-04-09 17:34 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-04-09 17:41 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-09 17:54 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-04-09 18:17 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-09 18:50 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-04-09 19:09 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-04-09 20:31 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-04-10 13:25 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-10 16:25 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-04-09 17:41 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-04-09 17:56 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-09 18:48 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-04-10 13:38 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-09 18:32 ` Jakub Narębski
2013-04-09 18:51 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-04-09 18:58 ` Jakub Narębski
2013-04-09 19:10 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-04-09 16:27 ` [PATCH] t3700 (add): add failing test for add with submodules Jeff King
2013-04-09 11:43 ` Jakub Narębski
2013-04-09 11:54 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-09 13:49 ` Jakub Narębski
2013-04-06 20:10 ` [RFC/PATCH 0/7] Rework git core for native submodules Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-07 3:31 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-04-07 7:27 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-07 9:00 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-04-07 10:58 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-07 15:51 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-07 16:12 ` John Keeping
2013-04-07 16:42 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-07 17:02 ` John Keeping
2013-04-07 17:22 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-07 17:52 ` John Keeping
2013-04-07 18:07 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-07 18:21 ` John Keeping
2013-04-07 18:34 ` Jens Lehmann
2013-04-07 18:44 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-07 20:15 ` Jens Lehmann
2013-04-07 20:49 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-07 21:02 ` John Keeping
2013-04-07 21:11 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-07 20:57 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-07 21:23 ` Jonathan Nieder
2013-04-07 21:30 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-08 7:48 ` Jens Lehmann
2013-04-08 8:07 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-08 8:19 ` Jonathan Nieder
2013-04-08 9:08 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-08 10:29 ` Duy Nguyen
2013-04-08 11:06 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-08 11:29 ` Duy Nguyen
2013-04-08 11:53 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-08 15:06 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-04-08 16:08 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-08 18:10 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-04-08 19:03 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-08 19:48 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-04-08 19:54 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-08 20:30 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-04-08 21:03 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-10 7:23 ` Philip Oakley
2013-04-08 21:59 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-09 11:51 ` Jakub Narębski
2013-04-08 11:10 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-08 8:37 ` Jonathan Nieder
2013-04-08 9:14 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-08 14:46 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-04-08 17:12 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-04-17 10:37 ` Duy Nguyen
2013-04-17 11:06 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-17 11:27 ` Duy Nguyen
2013-04-17 11:56 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-17 12:06 ` Duy Nguyen
2013-04-17 12:14 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
[not found] ` <CALkWK0m9QmZaSDruY=+2F-Kkw+fd6E1TYC TBpVQHRJrzq2VjCQ@mail.gmail.com>
2013-04-17 23:17 ` Philip Oakley
2013-04-18 7:50 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-19 17:08 ` Jens Lehmann
2013-04-17 16:01 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-04-08 20:41 ` Jens Lehmann
2013-04-08 21:36 ` Jeff King
2013-04-07 18:59 ` John Keeping
2013-04-07 19:06 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-07 19:17 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-07 18:37 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-07 18:22 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-04-07 19:26 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
[not found] ` <CAP8UFD3i2vc3OSAHRERpiPY7cRjqhkqcBN9hVW0QmMksnCPccw@mail.gmail.com>
2013-04-07 21:24 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
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2013-04-08 17:04 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
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