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From: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: What's cooking in git.git (Apr 2014, #09; Tue, 29)
Date: Thu, 08 May 2014 19:58:17 -0500
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David Lang wrote:
> On Thu, 8 May 2014, Felipe Contreras wrote:
> > If submodules were an integral part of Git that would be a possibility,
> > but they are more like a hack.
> 
> Well, if git.git can't use them, then how can anyone else be expected to.

That is a very good question.

> I haven't been paying close attention for a while, what would have to be done to 
> make submodules "an integral part of Git"?

This comes to mind:

http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/220047

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Felipe Contreras