Re: submodule network operations [WAS: Re: [RFC/PATCH 0/4] working tree operations: support superprefix]

2017-01-24 Thread Brian J. Davis
On 1/24/2017 12:49 PM, Stefan Beller wrote: On Sat, Jan 21, 2017 at 7:53 AM, Brian J. Davis wrote: On 1/19/2017 7:22 PM, Stefan Beller wrote: Between the init and the update step you can modify the URLs. These commands are just a repetition from the first email, but the git commands can be v

Re: submodule network operations [WAS: Re: [RFC/PATCH 0/4] working tree operations: support superprefix]

2017-01-24 Thread Stefan Beller
On Sat, Jan 21, 2017 at 7:53 AM, Brian J. Davis wrote: > > On 1/19/2017 7:22 PM, Stefan Beller wrote: Between the init and the update step you can modify the URLs. These commands are just a repetition from the first email, but the git commands can be viewed as moving from one s

Re: submodule network operations [WAS: Re: [RFC/PATCH 0/4] working tree operations: support superprefix]

2017-01-21 Thread Brian J. Davis
On 1/19/2017 7:22 PM, Stefan Beller wrote: Between the init and the update step you can modify the URLs. These commands are just a repetition from the first email, but the git commands can be viewed as moving from one state to another for submodules; submodules itself can be seen as a state mach

Re: submodule network operations [WAS: Re: [RFC/PATCH 0/4] working tree operations: support superprefix]

2017-01-19 Thread Stefan Beller
>> Between the init and the update step you can modify the URLs. >> These commands are just a repetition from the first email, but the >> git commands can be viewed as moving from one state to another >> for submodules; submodules itself can be seen as a state machine >> according to that proposed

Re: submodule network operations [WAS: Re: [RFC/PATCH 0/4] working tree operations: support superprefix]

2017-01-19 Thread Brian J. Davis
On 1/17/2017 12:43 PM, Stefan Beller wrote: On Sun, Jan 15, 2017 at 1:02 PM, Brian J. Davis wrote: Technically it is submodule..url instead of submodule..url. The name is usually the path initially, and once you move the submodule, only the path changes, the name is supposed to be constant an

Re: submodule network operations [WAS: Re: [RFC/PATCH 0/4] working tree operations: support superprefix]

2017-01-17 Thread Stefan Beller
On Sun, Jan 15, 2017 at 1:02 PM, Brian J. Davis wrote: >> >> Technically it is submodule..url instead of >> submodule..url. The name is usually the path initially, and once >> you move the submodule, only the path changes, the name is supposed to >> be constant and stay the same. > > I am not cer

Re: submodule network operations [WAS: Re: [RFC/PATCH 0/4] working tree operations: support superprefix]

2017-01-15 Thread Brian J. Davis
On 1/13/2017 12:30 PM, Stefan Beller wrote: This question is about networking; the patch you originally replied to was strictly about local operations in the filesystem, which is quite a difference, so let's discuss it separately. Yep ok look like you reclassified this and opened new topic which

submodule network operations [WAS: Re: [RFC/PATCH 0/4] working tree operations: support superprefix]

2017-01-13 Thread Stefan Beller
This question is about networking; the patch you originally replied to was strictly about local operations in the filesystem, which is quite a difference, so let's discuss it separately. On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 9:56 AM, Brian J. Davis wrote: > > In response to a post at: > > https://groups.google

Re: [RFC/PATCH 0/4] working tree operations: support superprefix

2017-01-13 Thread Brian J. Davis
Resending original as plain text as g...@verger.kernel.org rejected HTML encoding as potential virus. Apologies for dupes in inbox. Hopefully this works. In response to a post at: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/git-users/BVLcKHhSUKo I was asked to post here to explain a potential pr

[RFC/PATCH 0/4] working tree operations: support superprefix

2017-01-09 Thread Stefan Beller
As you may know, I am trying to implement "git checkout --recurse-submodules" which recurses into submodules and update the submodules to the recorded state of the superproject. I realized that such a huge change is a big endeavor, and needs to be broken up into many series. Currently I plan to s