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From: Petr Baudis <pasky@suse•cz>
To: Rob Sanheim <rsanheim@gmail•com>
Cc: git@vger•kernel.org
Subject: Re: Q: how to remove or move submodules?
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:22:40 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080722232240.GL32184@machine.or.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <fc113d400807122338o637cc159n5e19fea5a15dc866@mail.gmail.com>

  Hi,

On Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 02:38:51AM -0400, Rob Sanheim wrote:
> I don't see any info on what the 'right' way is to delete or move
> submodules around in any of the docs.  Normally I end up just hacking
> my way through it and hand modifying the .gitmodules file, but this
> seems wrong.  Is there a recommended way?

  currently, you have to hand-modify the .gitmodules file, then remove
the directory from the working tree and then from the index. In part
inspired by your question, I have submitted patches to add git mv and
git rm support for submodules some time ago, but they probably won't
make it to 1.6.0.

				Petr "Pasky" Baudis

      reply	other threads:[~2008-07-22 23:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-07-13  6:38 Q: how to remove or move submodules? Rob Sanheim
2008-07-22 23:22 ` Petr Baudis [this message]

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