@dark0dave: sorry for the duplicate message; mu4e changed its default keybindings recently and I neglected to reply to the list as well... "dark0dave via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Intent: Enable git submodules to point at tags, > effectively freezing them > > Context: There is a large repo with 50+ submodules, the goal is > to have some submodules update to HEAD but others to remain fixed. > The update command does this by recursing through > directories. This is very useful, however if an update is run, > all the submodules are updated to HEAD. > > The goals: > - Be able to create a submodule from a fixed tag (complete) > - Be able to run git submodule update, with a flag to either update > or keep the submodule pointed at the supplied tag (complete) This is an interesting idea, so far as I understand it. I certainly appreciate the desire to freeze your dependencies. I don't use submodules often, but I do want to point out an inherent assumption in your design: that tags don't move. Tags can move. It's usually impolite, but there can be reasonable use-cases for doing so. With this in mind, what can go wrong if you have a submodule with a configuration that doesn't necessarily match the tree? -- Sean Allred
