Re: [BUG] git submodule update is not fail safe

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Manlio Perillo <manlio.perillo@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> $ git submodule update --init
> ...
> Submodule 'roms/vgabios' (git://git.qemu.org/vgabios.git/) registered
> for path 'roms/vgabios'
> fatal: unable to connect to anongit.freedesktop.org:
> anongit.freedesktop.org[0: 131.252.210.161]: errno=Connection timed out
>
> Unable to fetch in submodule path 'pixman'
>
> $ git submodule update --init
> fatal: Needed a single revision
> Unable to find current revision in submodule path 'pixman'
>
> The problem is easy to solve: manually remove the pixman directory;
> however IMHO git submodule update should not fail this way since it may
> confuse the user.

Sounds like a reasonable observation.  Jens, Heiko, comments?
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