On Tuesday 10 April 2007, Linus Torvalds wrote:
>
> On Tue, 10 Apr 2007, Alex Riesen wrote:
> >
> > On 4/10/07, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > +int resolve_gitlink_ref(const char *path, const char *refname, unsigned
> > > char *result)
> > > +{
> > > + int len = strlen(path), retval;
> > > + char *gitdir;
> > > +
> > > + while (len && path[len-1] == '/')
> > > + len--;
> > > + if (!len)
> > > + return -1;
> > > + gitdir = xmalloc(len + MAXREFLEN + 8);
> > > + memcpy(gitdir, path, len);
> > > + memcpy(gitdir + len, "/.git/", 7);
> >
> > Can't a subproject be bare?
>
> Not when it is checked out, no. That's what "checked out" means ;)
>
> If a subproject is bare, it never gets resolved, because it's never
> checked out in a superproject.
>
> So a subproject *can* be bare, but when it's bare it is just a totally
> regular independent git project, simply by *definition* of not being
> checked out inside a superproject.
>
> But hey, that was just a design decision of mine, and if people can argue
> for it being wrong, I don't think I'm married to it ;)
It would be nice if a redirection via a "gitdir = ..." line
in .git/link of the subproject (when existing) would be possible.
This was part of the light-weight checkout proposal.
In contrast to contrib/workdir/git-new-workdir, this would allow
for (to be implemented) magic symlinks to stay intact when
moving the submodule directory around.
However, this can be added later.
Josef
PS: I wonder how long it takes to move the official KDE repository over to git ;-)
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