Subject: Re: [PATCH] Teach remote machinery about remotes.default config variable

From: Junio C Hamano <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:27:21 -0800

Mark Levedahl <[email-masked]> writes:

> Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> Mark Levedahl <[email-masked]> writes:
>>
>>   It's that simple.  Isn't it?
>>
> Yes, until you hit submodules whose state you are managing from a
> super project. Then it gets hard because the machinery brings origin
> into play.

Sorry, I may be missing something.

Even if you have a submodule, you can go there and that will be
a valid freestanding repository.  You can always be explicit,
bypassing any behaviour that defaults to 'origin' to avoid
ambiguity.