On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 11:11 AM, Jens Lehmann <Jens.Lehmann@xxxxxx> wrote: > Am 23.07.2010 10:40, schrieb Avery Pennarun: >> I think it would be better if we could abandon .gitmodules entirely; >> it's really only useful for listing repository URLs, and listing >> repository URLs is a major part of the problem. > > Then where do you get the URL to clone the submodule from on "git > clone --recursive"? If you're asking that question, you're missing my point entirely. In my proposed model, the submodule objects are all in the same repo as the superproject, so there *is* no separate URL. And thus there is no more need for .gitmodules. Have fun, Avery -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html