Stefan Beller <sbeller@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > In case of non bare: > > Get the repo and all its submodules from the specified remote. > (As the submodule is right there, that's the best guess to get it from, > no need to get it from somewhere else. The submodule at the remote > is the closest match you can get for replicating the superproject with > its submodules.) > > This way is heavy underutilized as it wasn't exercised as often I would > guess, My guess is somewhat different. It is not used because the right semantics for such a use case hasn't been defined yet (in other words, what you suggested is _wrong_ as is). You need to remember that a particular clone may not be interested in all submodules, and it is far from "the closest match". -- 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