Re: [RFC v3 3/4] submodule: Teach 'add' about a configurable local-branch

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On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 01:18:12AM +0100, Francesco Pretto wrote:
> I've matured this opinion about "local-branch" some days ago, but I
> couldn't join the discussion because I was extremely busy. Hope it's
> is still current (and correct).

I think the discussion is still open, but actions are postponed until
'checkout --recurse-submodules' lands [1].

> The "local-branch" feature means to my brain the following: I,
> maintainer, decide for you, developer, what name should be the
> branch you are checking out.

The goal is to have “I, your faithful Git command, check out for you,
oh wise developer, the superproject branch you requested, along with
the local submodule branch associated with that super project branch.”
;)  Maybe that would be more clear if the localBranch settings are
purely local (stored only in out-of-tree configs), and not contained
in the superproject's .gitmodules file?  As this series stands, that
would just drop step 3 from the lookup chain [2].  That step is below
all the local out-of-tree locations though, and I see no
non-psychological reason to keep folks from sharing reasonable default
names for local branches.

Cheers,
Trevor

[1]: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/240420
[2]: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/240251

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