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From:   Jon Loeliger <jdl@jdl.com>
To:     Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Subject: Re: url.<base>.insteadOf vs. submodules
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Comments: In-reply-to Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
   message dated "Tue, 21 Feb 2017 18:59:06 -0800."
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So, like, Junio C Hamano said:
> Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com> writes:
> 
> > Do we want to invent a special value for url.*.insteadOf to mean
> >   "look up in superproject, so I don't have to keep
> >   a copy that may get stale" ?
> 
> My gut feeling is that we should do the selective/filtered include
> Peff mentioned when a repository is known to be used as a submodule
> of somebody else.

Does the management of these submodue-related config values
become easier if, instead of placing them in .config, we
place them in a git/.context file?

jdl