From: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com> To: Casey Fitzpatrick <kcghost@gmail.com> Cc: git <git@vger.kernel.org> Subject: Re: git-submodule is missing --dissociate option Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2018 11:19:08 -0700 Message-ID: <CAGZ79kZQ3ce8QTJy2Siiuoz=pa6qWweNc8GTpoygkvKuoFXaAA@mail.gmail.com> (raw) In-Reply-To: <CAEp-SHXo2fnyUSMDqJnfOkh_R21R2FjFUtQ14u9s6-tV039tHg@mail.gmail.com> On Mon, Apr 30, 2018 at 1:29 AM, Casey Fitzpatrick <kcghost@gmail.com> wrote: > This seems to be a hole in the git feature set. I believe it is fairly > easily worked around, but it would be best to provide the option for > ease of use (and maybe performance?). > > git clone has both a --reference feature and a --dissociate option, > with dissociate allowing for a reference to *only* speed up network > transfers rather than have the resulting clone rely upon the reference > always being there (creates an independent repo). With the advent of git-worktree, I claim that --reference without further --dissociate is dangerous, such that the combination of these two are not the best UX, you could wish for. > But git submodule only allows for --reference, so there isn't a an > option to make a speedy independent submodule clone in one shot: > https://git-scm.com/docs/git-submodule > I checked the latest online documentation (currently at 2.16.3) and > the documentation in the latest sources (almost 2.18): > https://github.com/git/git/blob/next/Documentation/git-submodule.txt > > As far as I am aware this can be worked around with 'git repack -a' > and manual removal of the objects/info/alternates file afterward. > Though I don't know if this results in a less speedy clone than > dissociate would. That is an interesting workaround! I agree we should have the --dissociate option available for submodules. Care to implement it? Thanks, Stefan
next prev parent reply index Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top 2018-04-30 8:29 Casey Fitzpatrick 2018-04-30 11:30 ` Casey Fitzpatrick 2018-04-30 13:16 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason 2018-05-02 4:32 ` Junio C Hamano 2018-04-30 18:19 ` Stefan Beller [this message] 2018-04-30 21:39 ` Casey Fitzpatrick 2018-05-01 18:09 ` [PATCH 0/2] Add --progress and --dissociate to git submodule Casey Fitzpatrick 2018-05-01 18:09 ` [PATCH 1/2] submodule: Add --progress option to add command Casey Fitzpatrick 2018-05-01 18:41 ` Stefan Beller 2018-05-01 20:48 ` Casey Fitzpatrick 2018-05-01 18:09 ` [PATCH 2/2] submodule: Add --dissociate option to add/update commands Casey Fitzpatrick 2018-05-01 20:23 ` Stefan Beller 2018-05-01 20:25 ` Eric Sunshine 2018-05-01 21:21 ` Casey Fitzpatrick 2018-05-01 18:20 ` [PATCH 0/2] Add --progress and --dissociate to git submodule Stefan Beller 2018-05-02 0:27 ` [PATCH 0/3] " Casey Fitzpatrick 2018-05-02 0:27 ` [PATCH 1/3] submodule: clean up subsititions in script Casey Fitzpatrick 2018-05-02 0:27 ` [PATCH 2/3] submodule: add --progress option to add command Casey Fitzpatrick 2018-05-02 0:27 ` [PATCH 3/3] submodule: add --dissociate option to add/update commands Casey Fitzpatrick 2018-05-02 0:40 ` Casey Fitzpatrick 2018-05-02 0:55 ` [PATCH 0/3] Add --progress and --dissociate to git submodule Casey Fitzpatrick 2018-05-02 0:55 ` [PATCH 1/3] submodule: clean up subsititions in script Casey Fitzpatrick 2018-05-02 5:59 ` Junio C Hamano 2018-05-03 10:46 ` Casey Fitzpatrick 2018-05-02 0:55 ` [PATCH 2/3] submodule: add --progress option to add command Casey Fitzpatrick 2018-05-02 0:55 ` [PATCH 3/3] submodule: add --dissociate option to add/update commands Casey Fitzpatrick 2018-05-02 4:37 ` [PATCH 0/3] Add --progress and --dissociate to git submodule Junio C Hamano 2018-05-02 8:54 ` Casey Fitzpatrick 2018-05-02 4:34 ` git-submodule is missing --dissociate option Junio C Hamano
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