On Feb 17, 2008 11:20 PM, Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > On Sun, 17 Feb 2008, Lars Hjemli wrote: > > > PPS: If included, the .git file should probably be used by git-submodule > > to clone submodule repositories into something like > > $GIT_DIR/submodules/<name>, as that would make local submodule changes > > more resistant to dataloss due to checkout/reset in the containing > > repository. > > I don't buy that argument. For the moment, the submodules are > self-contained repositories. The superproject does not even have to have > a single object contained in a submodule. I'd try to keep that > separation. They would still be separated and self-contained repositories, but with my suggestion the submodule repository would be moved out of the working tree of the containing repository. Which I believe is a good thing, especially when you switch from one branch in the containing repository which had the submodule in './foo' to another branch where the submodule is located in './lib/foo'. -- larsh - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
