On 06/29/2011 05:58 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Phil Hord <hordp@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >> It frightens me because it seems like a fundamental break from the >> current submodule functionality. Today a submodule exists as a git >> repository with no knowledge that it is a submodule or who its >> super-repository is. > The use of .git that is a text file that records where the real directory > is not limited to submodules. Placing that "real directory" somewhere in > the .git directory of the superproject is merely a convention. > > In other words, it does not change anything fundamental. Thanks for pointing that out. I was unaware of that feature until I saw it discussed in another thread this week. Even then, it was not clear to me that this is the same feature being employed here. > When switching to another branch, a directory that does not exist in the > switched-to branch needs to be removed, but we would refrain from "rm -fr" > that directory if it has any leftover cruft in it (untracked and unignored > files). A submodule directory should behave in the same way. Thanks. I am suitably enclued and no longer afraid. Phil -- 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