2014/1/7 Francesco Pretto <ceztko@xxxxxxxxx>: > To not break the existing behavior what it's really needed here, IMO, > is a "submodule.<name>.attached" property that says two things: > - at the first clone on "git submodule update" stay attached to > "submodule.<name>.branch"; > - implies "--remote", as it's the only thing that makes sense when the > submodules are attached. > Unless you decide to go with the proposed approach of Trevor, where "submodule.<name>.branch" set means attached (if it's not changed: this thread is quite hard to follow...). To this end, Junio could sync with more "long-timers" (Heiko?) submodule users/devs to understand if this breaks too much or not. -- 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