On 11-02-19 11:40 AM, Jens Lehmann wrote: > Am 18.02.2011 02:02, schrieb Junio C Hamano: >> It seems that not many things need breaking, but we will break some. >> >> Here are the ones that needed discussion and were discussed that I am >> aware of, with my comments (which shouldn't be read as final decision). > > Sorry for not having posted this earlier: > > Proposal: > Add a new "on-demand" mode to fetch and pull and make it the default. > > When using the new "on-demand" mode every time new commits are fetched > in the superproject they will be parsed for submodule commits. If these > commits aren't present in a populated submodule, run "git fetch" inside > that submodule. (Also see this thread for an in depth discussion: > http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/158979/ ) > > Additionally change "git submodule update" to only then run fetch in a > submodule when the commit it wants to check out is not already present > there. > > This behavior can be configured per submodule, per repo and globally. > > Advantages: > * Disconnected operation. Right now it is really easy to forget to fetch > all submodules before you get on a plane, possibly leaving you unable > to check out certain revisions. I support the proposal, but just to be clear I'd rephrase that advantage as: Disconnected operation. Right now it is really easy to forget to update populated submodules before you get on a plane, possibly leaving you unable to check out certain revisions. (Obviously, I think the only-works-on-already-populated-submodules part is very important.) M. -- 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