On Thu, Jun 05, 2014 at 08:07:50AM +0200, Heiko Voigt wrote:
> +The caller can look up information about submodules by using the
> +`submodule_from_path()` or `submodule_from_name()` functions.

That's for an already-known submodule.  Do we need a way to list
submodules (e.g. for 'submodule foreach' style operations) or is the
preferred way to do that just walking the tree looking for gitlinks?
The cases where .gitmodules would lead you astray (e.g. via sloppy
commits after removing a submodule) are:

* Listing a submodule that wasn't in the tree anymore.  Easy to check
  for and ignore.

* Not listing a submodule that is in the tree.  You'd need to walk the
  tree to check for this, but it's a pretty broken situation already,
  so I'd be fine just ignoring the orphaned gitlink.

Cheers,
Trevor

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