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From: "Lars Hjemli" <hjemli@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Intoducing the .git file (again)
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On Feb 17, 2008 11:20 PM, Johannes Schindelin
<Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Sun, 17 Feb 2008, Lars Hjemli wrote:
>
> > PPS: If included, the .git file should probably be used by git-submodule
> > to clone submodule repositories into something like
> > $GIT_DIR/submodules/<name>, as that would make local submodule changes
> > more resistant to dataloss due to checkout/reset in the containing
> > repository.
>
> I don't buy that argument.  For the moment, the submodules are
> self-contained repositories.  The superproject does not even have to have
> a single object contained in a submodule.  I'd try to keep that
> separation.

They would still be separated and self-contained repositories, but
with my suggestion the submodule repository would be moved out of the
working tree of the containing repository. Which I believe is a good
thing, especially when you switch from one branch in the containing
repository which had the submodule in './foo' to another branch where
the submodule is located in './lib/foo'.

--
larsh