Eric Lesh <eclesh@xxxxxxxx> writes: > There is no .git dir for these. The .gitlink refers back to the main > repository's .git/external/$submodule, which is a full .git dir with > index+HEAD and symlinks back to the .git of the main repo for everything > else. I don't see any contradiction. Light checkouts would have an almost empty .git (it still needs an index, and its own head anyway) and use the .git of the main repo for everything else. -- Matthieu - 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