From: Jens Lehmann <Jens.Lehmann@web•de>
To: Christopher Wilson <cwilson@cdwilson•us>
Cc: git@vger•kernel.org, Mark Levedahl <mlevedahl@gmail•com>
Subject: Re: Why does adding an existing repo as a submodule modify .git/config?
Date: Mon, 23 May 2011 20:43:30 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4DDAAAD2.1010708@web.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <irbq5a$h38$1@dough.gmane.org>
Am 22.05.2011 22:02, schrieb Christopher Wilson:
> (I posted this question below on
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6083357/why-does-adding-an-existing-repo-as-a-submodule-modify-git-config
> and was recommended to ask the mailing list)
>
> If I add a submodule that does not currently exist, no submodule
> information is added to .git/config.
>
> $ mkdir testing
> $ cd testing
> $ git init
> $ git submodule add git@git•server:submodule.git
> $ cat .git/config
> [core]
> repositoryformatversion = 0
> filemode = true
> bare = false
> logallrefupdates = true
> ignorecase = true
>
> However, if I add a repo that currently exists as a submodule, the url
> is added to .git/config:
>
> $ mkdir testing
> $ cd testing
> $ git init
> $ git clone git@git•server:submodule.git
> $ git submodule add git@git•server:submodule.git
> $ cat .git/config
> [core]
> repositoryformatversion = 0
> filemode = true
> bare = false
> logallrefupdates = true
> ignorecase = true
> [submodule "submodule"]
> url = git@git•server:submodule.git
>
> I would have assumed that in both cases, git submodule add would have
> only modified .gitmodules, and that git submodule init would have
> updated the project's .git/config.
>
> I'm aware this is intentional behavior
> (https://github.com/git/git/commit/c2f939170c65173076bbd752bb3c764536b3b09b),
> but I don't understand why.
>
> Why is .git/config modified in the second case but not the first? Can
> somebody explain the rational for this behavior?
Hmm, this looks like an inconsistency to me too. It would be great
to hear about the background, so I added Mark to the CC, maybe he
can shed some light.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-05-23 18:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-05-22 20:02 Why does adding an existing repo as a submodule modify .git/config? Christopher Wilson
2011-05-23 18:43 ` Jens Lehmann [this message]
2011-05-24 1:19 ` Mark Levedahl
2011-05-24 7:06 ` Christopher Wilson
2011-05-25 1:06 ` Mark Levedahl
2011-05-25 3:11 ` Christopher Wilson
2011-05-26 21:35 ` Jens Lehmann
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