From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Junio C Hamano Subject: Re: Updating a submodule with a compatible version from another submodule version using the parent meta-repository Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 12:41:23 -0800 Message-ID: <7v7hdrl7nw.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> References: <4D407099.4010805@web.de> <4D407875.7080607@web.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Jens Lehmann , git@vger.kernel.org To: Julian Ibarz X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Wed Jan 26 21:41:45 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PiCBR-0003kF-MR for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Wed, 26 Jan 2011 21:41:42 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753999Ab1AZUlg (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Jan 2011 15:41:36 -0500 Received: from a-pb-sasl-sd.pobox.com ([64.74.157.62]:64273 "EHLO sasl.smtp.pobox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753027Ab1AZUlf (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Jan 2011 15:41:35 -0500 Received: from sasl.smtp.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by a-pb-sasl-sd.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55A53347D; Wed, 26 Jan 2011 15:42:22 -0500 (EST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=to:cc:subject :references:from:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; s=sasl; bh=jT+Tk5ZwHwYsgkUrkaw0xENxM74=; b=l27pFY 9lHTd+utfM4Gqrvmjb+8p/NgS/fyZXcv5GbARKe2zmq9OLpZl+M21f5YNa3xfQfg Er2aBep89pdZtfzLJP/09aYr/siJzKHBedzqQFGVn72ZKk31keglgY16zOkqZ8g+ JjKwGSHM3lys7pJN5PxvtZm3NT+PnUI78hpaU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=pobox.com; h=to:cc:subject :references:from:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; q=dns; s=sasl; b=U+NO9YBao5kac83dk5oz2mMKiKyq3Wwr x7IJvWSjWbnpV+ISqfIVdhsOAH15CZ93pMU7kxdKu3Aho9o/E02I7Nhf0jwOq88z UPL1dAHhg/mhR3uUfpImSv8fvvdFmShbbTRqqRzJpHZthwhzW0cSxzy0YwLjNFBW t/EL0gj8zkU= Received: from a-pb-sasl-sd.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by a-pb-sasl-sd.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 20C5B3478; Wed, 26 Jan 2011 15:42:19 -0500 (EST) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [76.102.170.102]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by a-pb-sasl-sd.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2C1A63471; Wed, 26 Jan 2011 15:42:13 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: (Julian Ibarz's message of "Wed\, 26 Jan 2011 14\:48\:14 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.2 (gnu/linux) X-Pobox-Relay-ID: C48B9E42-298C-11E0-B2F7-BC4EF3E828EC-77302942!a-pb-sasl-sd.pobox.com Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Julian Ibarz writes: >> Hmm, looks like I lost you here ... you want to bisect in B although >> you know what commit you want there? Care to explain a bit more? > > In B I have a feature to integrate in master branch. This feature is > in branch old_feature. But this branch is really old. To try this > feature I need to rebuild it at this version. To make the build > success I need also to revert back the submodule C because B is > dependent on it. But finding the good version of C that match > old_feature version is a pain... Is it clear? That sounds like bisecting in C with a frozen checkout of B to see which version in C works well with that target commit in B you know you want to use. Why do you need to bisect in B???