Re: [PATCH] Solve git-submodule issues with detached work trees

2012-07-23 Thread Junio C Hamano
Jens Lehmann writes: > Not inside the submodule, me thinks they only make sense in the > superproject (that's why we clean the environment before working > inside the submodule). Yes, that is fundamental and the only sane behaviour that comes from what submodules are. They are free-standing pro

Re: [PATCH] Solve git-submodule issues with detached work trees

2012-07-23 Thread Jens Lehmann
Am 23.07.2012 22:34, schrieb Junio C Hamano: > Jens Lehmann writes: > >> We could get rid of the core.worktree setting by assuming that the >> directory a gitfile was found in is the root of the repo's work >> tree (unless configured otherwise). > > Now you lost me. If you have .git that is not

Re: [PATCH] Solve git-submodule issues with detached work trees

2012-07-23 Thread Junio C Hamano
Jens Lehmann writes: > We could get rid of the core.worktree setting by assuming that the > directory a gitfile was found in is the root of the repo's work > tree (unless configured otherwise). Now you lost me. If you have .git that is not a directory but is a gitfile, then you do not need GIT_

Re: [PATCH] Solve git-submodule issues with detached work trees

2012-07-23 Thread Jens Lehmann
Am 23.07.2012 20:21, schrieb Junio C Hamano: > Jens Lehmann writes: > >> Am 23.07.2012 07:09, schrieb Junio C Hamano: >>> Daniel Graña writes: >>> A common way to track dotfiles with git is using GIT_DIR and GIT_WORK_TREE to move repository out of ~/.git with something like:

Re: [PATCH] Solve git-submodule issues with detached work trees

2012-07-23 Thread Richard Hartmann
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Re: [PATCH] Solve git-submodule issues with detached work trees

2012-07-23 Thread Richard Hartmann
On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 7:09 AM, Junio C Hamano wrote: > I think this is in line with what we discussed earlier on list when > the interaction between GIT_DIR/GIT_WORK_TREE and submodules came up > the last time. Jens? Yes, it is. I still have your email marked as TODO to get back to you as I

Re: [PATCH] Solve git-submodule issues with detached work trees

2012-07-23 Thread Daniel Graña
On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 2:38 PM, Jens Lehmann wrote: > Am 23.07.2012 07:09, schrieb Junio C Hamano: >> Daniel Graña writes: >> >>> A common way to track dotfiles with git is using GIT_DIR and >>> GIT_WORK_TREE to move repository out of ~/.git with something like: >>> >>> git init --bare ~/.do

Re: [PATCH] Solve git-submodule issues with detached work trees

2012-07-23 Thread Junio C Hamano
Jens Lehmann writes: > Am 23.07.2012 07:09, schrieb Junio C Hamano: >> Daniel Graña writes: >> >>> A common way to track dotfiles with git is using GIT_DIR and >>> GIT_WORK_TREE to move repository out of ~/.git with something like: >>> >>> git init --bare ~/.dotfiles >>> alias dotfiles=

Re: [PATCH] Solve git-submodule issues with detached work trees

2012-07-23 Thread Jens Lehmann
Am 23.07.2012 07:09, schrieb Junio C Hamano: > Daniel Graña writes: > >> A common way to track dotfiles with git is using GIT_DIR and >> GIT_WORK_TREE to move repository out of ~/.git with something like: >> >> git init --bare ~/.dotfiles >> alias dotfiles="GIT_DIR=~/.dotfiles GIT_WORK_TR

Re: [PATCH] Solve git-submodule issues with detached work trees

2012-07-22 Thread Junio C Hamano
Daniel Graña writes: > A common way to track dotfiles with git is using GIT_DIR and > GIT_WORK_TREE to move repository out of ~/.git with something like: > > git init --bare ~/.dotfiles > alias dotfiles="GIT_DIR=~/.dotfiles GIT_WORK_TREE=~ git" > > dotfiles add ~/.bashrc > dotfile

[PATCH] Solve git-submodule issues with detached work trees

2012-07-22 Thread Daniel Graña
A common way to track dotfiles with git is using GIT_DIR and GIT_WORK_TREE to move repository out of ~/.git with something like: git init --bare ~/.dotfiles alias dotfiles="GIT_DIR=~/.dotfiles GIT_WORK_TREE=~ git" dotfiles add ~/.bashrc dotfiles commit -a -m "add my bashrc" ..