From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.8 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_NONE shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 885471F45D for ; Tue, 24 Mar 2020 07:29:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727460AbgCXH3V (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Mar 2020 03:29:21 -0400 Received: from mail-ed1-f53.google.com ([209.85.208.53]:38683 "EHLO mail-ed1-f53.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725905AbgCXH3V (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Mar 2020 03:29:21 -0400 Received: by mail-ed1-f53.google.com with SMTP id e5so9622650edq.5 for ; Tue, 24 Mar 2020 00:29:18 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=n4QgZ6AuxigxLsyT9j0Nw32/D/p0hJBI76K25qB/Prw=; b=TiPPH/bhn9TpPXOt6KA8BWFNUt7l18TobjmassUXPCZ8PJ1O5gZKJYWZhhZk3k31D/ 9M8rFkQLS3/Zgzzz0R9Uq1mDd0Tp3Q7nsehtBZF/utkn4yr3kcjG11TeimwuQtBOb8Bs 7mL60aPBdrmyrYMn0TTU531yqrUeb6CSgnsJC+8/QVkyOo8FN11T0D4e4rrXl1QdLfo5 yhZM6leU3ICYv1HSWeQEprDq9JMdAGj48fZSIbXNjM3Por+GFIha2o48gf6Rl+FFrZaz co6Z5/WvH0VjrdVlI2yoLYo/fPkBJ9utIwWgBCkmmY3+5k27AlO++JGRauIGBA1zikbh SVzw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=n4QgZ6AuxigxLsyT9j0Nw32/D/p0hJBI76K25qB/Prw=; b=MHiipUc0NHZO2gNE7C9or2E3SjaXRdSlskDdEkTo2ju/KeSOEmUma+6rPwA8wYYOnM AXmqtConCVl7mp89kcKNC5IQTSbMMOzXQSYajeKTd+tif1YXZZPX0DYiPnf35S9XtbCF DMJyOG6DDbYl843KR+nqFHqqzuSwWi4xxiS809pFeq4tYN6qUhLBjoxX+Jk21M7YhoH6 qcVRj0/buavf5JsMv3x4ar1JUWCfWanJXeW4t+QDLlTmCgNyLzMQp+Y68DfeMnfvK/yk q07zvG08Vcl8QxlhiFyO/5QUvAuEHaKxs4b95Ch//Tl9r5DTett93Xo1+4EFCua9YYyK deVQ== X-Gm-Message-State: ANhLgQ2MfTJfzHzvVTT0rh2+KZ1JcBrZJ8ipmC2Vnfy2O4B1qdh0RCIh mxrX/bbITrlFi4PDGDTNsb60l26A9Vs7/vIKRLA= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ADFU+vuqTKXWuvmm4oMIwgt65Y9BB2mQ+oG5WQ60e0dlEI2OBuhag4PawwQ3gXgFFnQBadMlO6wj7Iz+MyaS75rETB0= X-Received: by 2002:a17:906:af57:: with SMTP id ly23mr8753372ejb.6.1585034957708; Tue, 24 Mar 2020 00:29:17 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20200320160813.9242-1-shouryashukla.oo@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20200320160813.9242-1-shouryashukla.oo@gmail.com> From: Christian Couder Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2020 08:29:06 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Re: [RFC][Feature] To: Shourya Shukla Cc: Junio C Hamano , Christian Couder , git , Jakub Narebski , Johannes Schindelin , Elijah Newren , Jeff King Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Mar 20, 2020 at 5:08 PM Shourya Shukla wrote: > > > "We want submodule A and B's sub(sub)*modules all the way down > > to the leaf submodule, but directory C houses many submodules, > > among which only one can be active, and we want C/X and its > > sub(sub)*modules all the way down to the leaf but not C/Y nor > > C/Z or any other C/." > > That's a tough one. Would you advise developing the feature which may > work atleast for the "normal" cases? In case it does not work for the > aforementioned case and the like, we classify it as a BUG for further > correction? How are the other git-submodule sub-commands working with --recursive? Shouldn't --recursive work in the same way for all the sub-commands?