From: Lars Schneider <larsxschneider@gmail.com>
To: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
Cc: Heiko Voigt <hvoigt@hvoigt.net>,
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>,
Brandon Williams <bmwill@google.com>,
"git@vger.kernel.org" <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pull: respect submodule update configuration
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2017 19:20:25 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <85ED93BC-1E27-4B8D-856D-090C6860BAB0@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAGZ79ka1jyxmATQbrjPHAv3227UJNcN0nw9AY-RZXnNahepoGQ@mail.gmail.com>
> On 21 Aug 2017, at 18:55, Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 9:20 AM, Heiko Voigt <hvoigt@hvoigt.net> wrote:
>
>>> So I am a bit curious to learn which part of this change you dislike
>>> and why.
>>
>> I am also curious. Isn't this the same strategy we are using in other
>> places?
>>
>
> I dislike it because the UX feels crude. When reading the documentation,
> it seems to me as if submodule.<name> can be one of the following
>
> (none, checkout, rebase, merge, !<custom-command>)
>
> This is perfect for "submodule-update", whose primary goal is
> to update submodules *somehow*. However other commands
>
> git rebase --recurse
> git merge --recurse
> git checkout --recurse
>
> have a different primary mode of operation (note how their name
> is one of the modes from the set above), so it may get confusing
> for a user.
>
> 'none' and '!<custom-command>' seem like they would be okay
> for any of the commands above but then:
>
> git config submodule.<name>.update "!..."
> git reset --hard --recurse
> git status
> # submodule is reported, because "!..." did not 'reset'.
>
> Anyway. That dislike is just a minor gut feeling about the UX/UI
> being horrible. I wrote the patch to keep the conversation going,
> and if it fixes Lars problem, let's take it for now.
Well, I need just a way to disable certain Submodules completely.
If you show me how "git config --local submodule.sub.active false"
works then I don't need this patch.
I tried to make it work here:
https://public-inbox.org/git/89AB8AA3-8E19-46BA-B169-D1EA4CF4ABE7@gmail.com/
Thanks,
Lars
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-08-21 17:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-08-16 18:35 Submodule regression in 2.14? Lars Schneider
2017-08-16 18:51 ` Stefan Beller
2017-08-16 18:53 ` Stefan Beller
2017-08-17 21:21 ` Lars Schneider
2017-08-17 21:55 ` Stefan Beller
2017-08-18 2:13 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-08-18 4:02 ` Stefan Beller
2017-08-18 16:50 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-08-18 19:09 ` Stefan Beller
2017-08-19 6:51 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-08-21 16:05 ` Heiko Voigt
2017-08-21 16:42 ` Stefan Beller
2017-08-22 15:33 ` Heiko Voigt
2017-08-22 18:10 ` Stefan Beller
2017-08-25 9:10 ` Heiko Voigt
2017-08-25 16:38 ` Stefan Beller
2017-08-25 16:53 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-08-21 16:48 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-08-22 15:50 ` Heiko Voigt
2017-08-21 16:46 ` Stefan Beller
2017-08-21 22:45 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-08-18 13:12 ` Lars Schneider
2017-08-18 17:16 ` Stefan Beller
2017-08-18 19:10 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-08-18 22:04 ` [PATCH] pull: respect submodule update configuration Stefan Beller
2017-08-18 22:05 ` Stefan Beller
2017-08-19 6:17 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-08-19 6:24 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-08-21 16:20 ` Heiko Voigt
2017-08-21 16:55 ` Stefan Beller
2017-08-21 17:20 ` Lars Schneider [this message]
2017-08-21 17:48 ` Stefan Beller
2017-08-21 18:21 ` Brandon Williams
2017-08-21 22:52 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-08-22 14:50 ` Lars Schneider
2017-08-22 17:51 ` Stefan Beller
2017-08-22 18:55 ` Brandon Williams
2017-08-19 18:24 ` Submodule regression in 2.14? Lars Schneider
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