Re: [RFC/PATCH] clone: introduce clone.submoduleGitDir to relocate $GITDIR

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On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 8:53 PM, Ramkumar Ramachandra
<artagnon@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Duy Nguyen wrote:
>> What if I clone a repo then realize it was a mistake and remove it?
>> With current clone, a "rm -rf" would do. With this, I'll need to
>> figure out which subdir in the top .git contains the repo I want to
>> remove. I'm not sure how "git submodule" handles this case though
>> (i.e. total submodule ignorant speaking..)
>
> Currently, submodules relocate the GITDIR of submodules to
> .git/modules.  So, my proposed patch doesn't make the situation any
> worse.  In fact, it improves the situation because you're guaranteed
> that all your GITDIRs will be in ~/bare (or whatever your
> core.submoduleGitDir is), as opposed to a complex path in .git/modules
> of your containing superproject.

No, submodule code does not change "git clone". If I'm not mistaken,
submodule will not kick in until you type "git submodule something".
If I turn clone.submoduleGitDir on, how can I undo my mistake in a
user friendly way?
--
Duy
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