Subject: Re: [RFC] Submodules in GIT

From: Andreas Ericsson <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 09:32:46 +0100

Jon Loeliger wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-12-01 at 14:13, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
>> So this is why it's really important that the submodule really is a git 
>> repository in its own right, and why committing stuff in the supermodule 
>> NEVER affect the submodule itself directly (it might _cause_ you to also 
>> do a commit in the submodule indirectly, but the submodule commit MUST be 
>> totally independent, and stand on its own).
> 
> An implication of this is that the entire administrative
> responsibility for having some super-sub module interaction
> lies entirely with the supermodule.
> 

That's a good thing. I wouldn't want the openssl maintainers to have to 
bother with every project that uses their code, and I'm fairly certain 
they feel the same.

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Andreas Ericsson                   [email-masked]
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