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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	[thread overview]
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

  parent reply	other threads:[~2018-04-30 18:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-04-30  8:29 git-submodule is missing --dissociate option 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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