On Tue, Nov 15, 2016 at 3:44 PM, Brandon Williams <bmwill@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> "to that a deleted" did you mean "so that a deleted"
done
>> That will only work properly when the submodule uses a gitfile instead of
>> a .git directory and no untracked files are present. Otherwise the removal
>> will fail with a warning (which is just what happened until now).
>
> So if a submodule uses a .git directory then it will be ignored during
> the checkout?
Well first you get the warning:
"cannot remove submodule '%s' because it (or one of "
"its nested submodules) uses a .git directory"),
and in case a d/f/ conflict arises in a later stage (e.g. when the submodule
is replaced by a file or symlink), you get another related error with
less helpful description how to debug it.
> All other submodules will actually be removed? Couldn't
> you end up in an undesirable state with a checkout effecting one
> submodule but not another?
Yes you could. Maybe it's time to add
"git submodule intern-git-dir", which can be given as a helpful hint
or even run here first.
>
> Should probably place an explicit 'extern' in the function prototype.
done