Re: [RFC/PATCH] add update to branch support for "floating submodules"

[Leif Gruenwoldt <leifer@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 1:42 PM, Andreas T.Auer
<andreas.t.auer_gtml_37453@ursus.ath.cx> wrote:

> The next question is: Wouldn't you like to have the new stable branch only
> pulled in, when the projectX (as the superproject) is currently on that new
> development branch (maybe master)?
>
> But if you checkout that fixed released version 1.2.9.8, wouldn't it be
> better that in that case the gitlinked version of the submodule is checked
> out instead of some unrelated new version? I mean, when the gitlinks are
> tracked with the projectX commits, this should work well.
>
> And what about a maintenance branch, which is not a fixed version but a
> quite stable branch which should only have bugfixes. Shouldn't the auto-pull
> be disabled in that case, too?
>
> I think the "auto-pull" behavior should depend on the currently checked out
> branch. So the configuration options should allow the definition of one or
> more mappings.

Yes. I think you nailed it. The floating behaviour would best be
configured per branch.

An aside. Would this mean a "git pull" on the product repo would
automatically do a pull (git submodule update) on the submodule too?