Subject: Re: [RFC] Submodules in GIT

From: Martin Waitz <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2006 00:07:32 +0100

hoi :)

On Fri, Dec 01, 2006 at 11:55:03PM +0100, Josef Weidendorfer wrote:
> What about my other argument for a submodule namespace:
> You want to be able to move the relative root path of a submodule
> inside of your supermodule, but yet want to have a unique name
> for the submodule:
> - to be able to just clone a submodule without having to know
> the current position in HEAD
> - more practically, e.g. to be able to name a submodule
> independent from any current commit you are on in the supermodule,
> e.g. to be able to store some meta information about a submodule:
> - "Where is the official upstream of this submodule?"

you can always have a bare repository for all used modules lying around
in some defined location.  There is no need for a unique submodule-name.

-- 
Martin Waitz