Am 24.09.2012 22:43, schrieb Junio C Hamano: > Jens Lehmann <Jens.Lehmann@xxxxxx> writes: > >> Am 24.09.2012 21:30, schrieb Orgad Shaneh: >>> In order to read diff options for a submodule, its path must be configured >>> --- >>> git-submodule.sh | 2 ++ >>> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) >>> >>> diff --git a/git-submodule.sh b/git-submodule.sh >>> index 3e2045e..f97bb62 100755 >>> --- a/git-submodule.sh >>> +++ b/git-submodule.sh >>> @@ -359,6 +359,7 @@ Use -f if you really want to add it." >&2 >>> esac >>> ) || die "$(eval_gettext "Unable to checkout submodule '\$sm_path'")" >>> fi >>> + git config submodule."$sm_path".path "$sm_path" >>> git config submodule."$sm_path".url "$realrepo" >>> >>> git add $force "$sm_path" || >>> @@ -476,6 +477,7 @@ cmd_init() >>> url=$(resolve_relative_url "$url") || exit >>> ;; >>> esac >>> + git config submodule."$name".path "$name" || >>> git config submodule."$name".url "$url" || >>> die "$(eval_gettext "Failed to register url for submodule path '\$sm_path'")" >> >> Nack. The path must only be configured in .gitmodules or we'll >> never be able to rename the submodule directory. > > That sounds sensible on the surface, and the rejection of this is > probably the right thing to do, but then how would the name/path > mapping work without .gitmodules? Historically, you did not have to > have a .gitmodules in-tree at all in order to use submodules > locally, but if discovery of submodule.$name.ignore depends on > having the in-tree .gitmodules file, that sounds like a minor > regression to me. AFAIK the name/path mapping was added to enable moving submodules around in the work tree without having to adapt its $GITDIR/config entries every time you checkout a commit where the submodule's work tree is moved someplace else inside the superproject's work tree. Nowadays we also use that to consistently store the submodule's .git directory under "modules/<name>" inside the superproject's .git directory no matter what its current path is. You still don't need a .gitmodules file to use submodules locally, but then moving around these submodules is not - and has never been - that easy. To use the ignore setting without a .gitmodules file you'll just have to set both submodule.$name.ignore and submodule.$name.path (to provide the mapping, in most cases path and name will simply be the same) in your $GITDIR/config and everything will work just fine. -- 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