On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 10:37:55AM +0200, Pierre Habouzit wrote: > So okay, let's scratch this "automatic reference" thing, I see its > limits now, so what about having a .gitmodule entry look like: > > [submodule "$path"] This is not a "$path" but arbitrary string. Please keep that in mind. > path = "$path" > url = git://somewhere/ > tracks = master I do like this (well, I'd just name it "branch" instead of "tracks"). I use submodules very "traditionally" just to bind external projects of certain version to my project, but I have been already thinking about implementing this merely as a hint for others to know what branch should the other developers follow when updating the submodule to a newer version. -- Petr "Pasky" Baudis As in certain cults it is possible to kill a process if you know its true name. -- Ken Thompson and Dennis M. Ritchie -- 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
