Re: [PATCH 6/6] Teach core object handling functions about gitlinks

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Linus Torvalds wrote:
> So there's a very real issue where a repository with submodules still 
> "works", even with a .gitmodules file that is totally scrogged and doesn't 
> have the right information (yet), it's just that it may simply not be able 
> to do all the operations because it cannot figure out where to pull 
> missing subproject data from etc..
>   

Whoa... "missing" subproject data?

Surely, unless you're doing lightweight/shallow clones, if you have a
gitlink you've also got the dependent repository? Otherwise the
reachability rule will be broken.

Sam.
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