also sprach Sven Verdoolaege <skimo@xxxxxxxxxx> [2007.08.15.1838 +0200]:
> The (most appropriate) URL from which to get updates of a submodule
> may be different for different people and therefore has to be stored
> in .git/config. It was then decided that the default value
> for this URL should be stored in .gitmodules. git submodule init
> simply initializes the URL using this default value. You are free
> to not call git submodule init and set a (more) appropriate URL manually.
Ah. I shall prepare a patch against the manpage to make this more
clear then. Thanks for your explanation.
I have one open question though: why require init? It makes perfect
sense to allow for a local override, but unless I need to override
it, git-submodule update should really just keep using the default,
which it does not as far as I can tell from my tests:
piper:/tmp/cdt.tfd29893/co/a> git submodule update
piper:/tmp/cdt.tfd29893/co/a> git-submodule init
Submodule 'b' (/tmp/cdt.tfd29893/repos/b.git) registered for path 'b'
piper:/tmp/cdt.tfd29893/co/a> git submodule update
Initialized empty Git repository in /tmp/cdt.tfd29893/co/a/b/.git/
0 blocks
Submodule path 'b': checked out '0c1403bc9e13480e70745b70f79ffb00deb25a8d'
Is there a reason for this or should I try to create a patch, which
would make git-submodule consult .gitmodules in addition to
config.submodules for all modules not found in config.submodules.
Now if I may go a step further, I'll claim that init is a misnomer,
really. Instead, I would suggest to rename it. Here are some
thoughts:
- config
there is already git-config, and just like git-svn reuses e.g.
rebase, this would keep the taxonomy compact
- cpconf
it does copy the configuration, after all
- override
not sure, since it doesn't actually override anything, but sets
it all up for the user to be able to override the config
- instconf
install or instantiate the configuration
- localise
overloaded word, but it'd be localising configuration in some
ways
- localconf
hinting at making the configuration local
Comments welcome,
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