On Tue, Nov 21, 2017 at 2:47 PM, Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > Stefan Beller wrote: >> On Tue, Nov 21, 2017 at 2:34 PM, Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>> Stefan, do you know what thread I should look at to find the current >>> state of this patch? I've had it applied locally for a long time. >> >> It was "Undecided" for some time, then Junio kicked it back to pu, expecting a >> reroll[1]. The "send out a plan" that was referenced is found in [2] >> describing 6 plans for the future of submodules. The approach in [3] >> which is different on the implementation level, but very similar on >> the UX level sounds best currently. I'll coordinate with JTan to >> come up with patches for that. >> >> [1] https://public-inbox.org/git/CAGZ79kYUZv0g+3OEMrbT26A7mSLJzeS-yf5Knr-CnARHqVB=aQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ >> [2] https://public-inbox.org/git/20171109001007.11894-1-sbeller@xxxxxxxxxx/ >> [3] https://public-inbox.org/git/20171108172945.33c42a0e91b4ac494217b788@xxxxxxxxxx/ > > Thanks. That thread appears to be about a long-term plan; what is the > short-term plan? > > E.g. is there any additional documentation that should be added to the > patch that detaches? The second patch in that series has a tiny bit of information, see "Documentation/checkout: clarify submodule HEADs to be detached". I would think that this is sufficient for the short term to get into a safe state. > Or should it go in as-is? That is what I would prefer and then we'll build on top of this once we figured out the direction of the long term solution. Thanks, Stefan
