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From: "Dmitry Kakurin" <dmitry.kakurin@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Submodules
Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2007 16:31:57 -0700
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This is exactly the level of details I'm talking about:
* how come sumbodules are not initialized when I do a clone of super.
I expect to be able to build super after I clone it. Is there a new
(undocumented) flag to clone?
* is it OK to *not* init a submodule? will super become unhappy? Can I
do commits to super in this case?
* why submodules should be listed in 2 places: in .submodules and in
super/.git/config?

- Dmitry

P.S. There is an old saying "One fool can ask so many questions that a
thousand wise man would not be able to answer" :-)

On 8/7/07, Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
> completely forgot: submodules do not need to be checked out.  So, if there
> is a submodule you are not interested in working on, you can leave it.