Re: Avery Pennarun's git-subtree?

From: Avery Pennarun <apenwarr@gmail.com>
To: Jens Lehmann <Jens.Lehmann@web.de>
Cc: Chris Webb <chris@arachsys.com>,
	Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>,
	"?var Arnfj?r? Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>,
	Bryan Larsen <bryan.larsen@gmail.com>, git <git@vger.kernel.org>,
	Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: Avery Pennarun's git-subtree?
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 18:33:31 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <AANLkTinb8YqBesa5Uh7+uuKAF0BhNjAGmvai5bNO3hV4@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4C49B10A.8060900@web.de>

On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 11:11 AM, Jens Lehmann <Jens.Lehmann@web.de> wrote:
> Am 23.07.2010 10:40, schrieb Avery Pennarun:
>> I think it would be better if we could abandon .gitmodules entirely;
>> it's really only useful for listing repository URLs, and listing
>> repository URLs is a major part of the problem.
>
> Then where do you get the URL to clone the submodule from on "git
> clone --recursive"?

If you're asking that question, you're missing my point entirely.  In
my proposed model, the submodule objects are all in the same repo as
the superproject, so there *is* no separate URL.  And thus there is no
more need for .gitmodules.

Have fun,

Avery