Re: Submodules

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Hi,

On Tue, 7 Aug 2007, Dmitry Kakurin wrote:

> * how come sumbodules are not initialized when I do a clone of super.
> I expect to be able to build super after I clone it. Is there a new
> (undocumented) flag to clone?

There might be.  But one of the reasons submodules are not just tree 
objects is that you should be able _not_ to check out all of them (think 
KDE).

> * why submodules should be listed in 2 places: in .submodules and in
> super/.git/config?

Well, URLs can change.  Therefore, .submodules has what is considered the 
current URL, but you can change it yourself in .git/config.  (At least 
that is how I understood it.)

Ciao,
Dscho

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