Re: [RFC] submodule+shallow clone feature request

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On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 4:39 PM, Schuyler Duveen <sky@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 2. Some way to specify an override on .gitmodules sources.  This is
> because our .gitmodules includes public, read-only sources (github),
> rather than our local repos we would prefer to deploy from (for the
> purpose of reliability).

You can already override this by editing .git/config after running
'git submodule init'.  Of course, doing so precludes using --recursive
in "git clone."

> I'm not well-versed in the git source code yet, but poking around
> suggests that this is doable.  Would a patch be well received (or does
> someone want to do it for me :-)

The git-submodule stuff is rarely maintained.  I expect patches that
improve it will meet with generally positive response, but it's
somewhat unlikely that anyone will write them for you.

Have fun,

Avery
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