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From: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: Uma Srinivasan <usrinivasan@twitter.com>,
	Jacob Keller <jacob.keller@gmail.com>,
	Git Mailing List <git@vger.kernel.org>,
	Jens Lehmann <Jens.Lehmann@web.de>,
	Heiko Voigt <hvoigt@hvoigt.net>
Subject: Re: git submodules implementation question
Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2016 11:37:30 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAGZ79kZnhNVBy6Oqt=x8m0jZj_tGNkMPPBBr+aL6DToOYtv9vQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqqmvjrwjwm.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>

> The final version needs to be accompanied with tests to show the
> effect of this change for callers.  A test would set up a top-level
> and submodule, deliberately break submodule/.git/ repository and
> show what breaks and how without this change.

Tests are really good at providing this context as well, or to communicate
the actual underlying problem, which is not quite clear to me.
That is why I refrained from jumping into the discussion as I think the
first few emails were dropped from the mailing list and I am missing context.

>
> So it is a bit more involved than just a single liner patch with one
> paragraph log message.  I may be able to find or make some time
> after I tag the 2.10 final this weekend to do so myself.

Thanks,
Stefan

  reply	other threads:[~2016-09-01 21:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-08-28 23:24 git submodules implementation question Uma Srinivasan
2016-08-29 20:03 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-08-29 21:03   ` Uma Srinivasan
2016-08-29 21:09     ` Junio C Hamano
2016-08-29 21:13       ` Uma Srinivasan
2016-08-29 23:04         ` Uma Srinivasan
2016-08-29 23:15           ` Junio C Hamano
2016-08-29 23:34             ` Uma Srinivasan
2016-08-30  0:02             ` Jacob Keller
2016-08-30  0:12               ` Uma Srinivasan
2016-08-30  6:09                 ` Jacob Keller
2016-08-30  6:23                   ` Jacob Keller
2016-08-30 17:40                     ` Uma Srinivasan
2016-08-30 17:53                       ` Junio C Hamano
2016-08-31  2:54                         ` Uma Srinivasan
2016-08-31 16:42                           ` Junio C Hamano
2016-08-31 18:40                             ` Uma Srinivasan
2016-08-31 18:44                               ` Junio C Hamano
2016-08-31 18:58                                 ` Uma Srinivasan
2016-09-01  1:04                                   ` Uma Srinivasan
2016-09-01  4:09                             ` Junio C Hamano
2016-09-01 16:05                               ` Uma Srinivasan
2016-09-01 18:32                                 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-09-01 18:37                                   ` Stefan Beller [this message]
2016-09-01 19:19                                     ` Junio C Hamano
2016-09-01 19:56                                       ` Uma Srinivasan
2016-09-01 20:29                                         ` Junio C Hamano
2016-09-01 20:21                                       ` Junio C Hamano
2016-09-01 21:02                                         ` Junio C Hamano
2016-09-01 21:04                                         ` Stefan Beller
2016-09-01 21:12                                           ` Junio C Hamano

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