Jonathan Nieder wrote: > What's stopping the core object code of git parsing .gitmodules? Nothing, except that it's perversely unnatural for object parsing code to parse something outside the object store. > What > is the core object code? parse_link_buffer(): the conventions have already been set by parse_blob_buffer(), parse_tree_buffer() etc. > How does this compare to other metadata > files like .gitattributes and .gitignore? .gitignore and .gitattributes are parsed in dir.c, where git "treats" worktree paths. It's quite nicely integrated. -- 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