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From: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
Subject: Re: What's cooking in git.git (topics)
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Hi,

On Wed, 23 Apr 2008, Ping Yin wrote:

> If we go back to a old HEAD or switch to another branch with changed 
> path for a submodule, what should 'git submodule update' do? I think 
> entries in .gitmodules should take precedence.

Literally the most common reason for a _different_ .gitmodules in an older 
revision is that the repository was moved to another machine.

In this case, your suggestion is actively wrong.

Ciao,
Dscho