Re: [PATCH] push: do not add submodule odb as an alternate when recursing on demand

[Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>]

On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 4:23 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com> writes:
>
>> "git push --recurse-submodules=on-demand" adds each submodule as an
>> alternate with add_submodule_odb before checking whether the
>> submodule has anything to push and pushing it if so.
>>
>> However, it never accesses any objects from the submodule.
>> ...
>> Use is_submodule_populated_gently instead, which is simpler and
>> cheaper.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
>> ---
>>
>>  Originally I intended to send this out as part of a larger series,
>>  but the series is getting too large series, sending all things in smaller
>>  units!
>
> This vaguely reminds me that you sent something imilar perhaps for a
> different codepath.

https://public-inbox.org/git/xmqqh8xzq6td.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com/

> Is "is it populated" a good thing to check here, though?  IIRC,
> add-submodule-odb allows you to add the object database of an
> inactivated submodule, so this seems to change the behaviour.  I do
> not know if the behaviour change is a good thing (i.e. bugfix) or
> not (i.e. regression) offhand, though.

Good point, we should be able to push non-populated, even inactive(?)
submodules. For that we strictly need add_submodule_odb here
(or the repo object of the submodule, eventually).

So let's retract this patch for now.

Thanks.