[PATCH 1/2] store submodule in common dir

[Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>]

Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
---
 path.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
 
On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 3:27 PM Joakim Tjernlund <Joakim.Tjernlund@infinera.com> wrote:
>
> I am trying to create 3 submodules from the same git repo, each pointing to a different branch.
> Since the repo is somewhat large, I don't want the 3 submodules to clone the same repo 3
> times, I want one clone and then have the 3 submodules to point to different commits.
>
> Is this possible? If not, could it be added?

yup.

According to recent discussions, it would be just this patch.
(plus some unspecified amount of work, TBD).

I thought about proposing something proper later, but here is the WIP patch.

Thanks,
Stefan 

diff --git a/path.c b/path.c
index 34f0f98349a..64c9821b834 100644
--- a/path.c
+++ b/path.c
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ static struct common_dir common_list[] = {
 	{ 1, 1, 1, "logs/HEAD" },
 	{ 0, 1, 1, "logs/refs/bisect" },
 	{ 0, 1, 0, "lost-found" },
+	{ 0, 1, 0, "modules" },
 	{ 0, 1, 0, "objects" },
 	{ 0, 1, 0, "refs" },
 	{ 0, 1, 1, "refs/bisect" },
-- 
2.18.0.865.gffc8e1a3cd6-goog