Stefan Beller <sbeller@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Wed, Dec 7, 2016 at 12:18 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Stefan Beller <sbeller@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> >>>> This patch makes all not just the root repository, but also >>>> all submodules (recursively) have submodule.alternateLocation >>>> and submodule.alternateErrorStrategy configured, making Git >>>> search for possible alternates for nested submodules as well. >>> >>> Sounds great! >> >> Is it safe to assume that all the submodules used recursively by >> submodules share the same structure upstream? Does the alternate >> location mechanism degrades sensibly if this assumption turns out to >> be false (i.e. "possible alternates" above turns out to be mere >> possibility and not there)? > > According to the last test in the patch, this seems to be doing the > sensible thing. OK, that sounds great. Thanks.