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From:   Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To:     Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] submodule--helper: set alternateLocation for cloned submodules
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Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com> writes:

>> This patch makes all not just the root repository, but also
>> all submodules (recursively) have submodule.alternateLocation
>> and submodule.alternateErrorStrategy configured, making Git
>> search for possible alternates for nested submodules as well.
>
> Sounds great!

Is it safe to assume that all the submodules used recursively by
submodules share the same structure upstream?  Does the alternate
location mechanism degrades sensibly if this assumption turns out to
be false (i.e. "possible alternates" above turns out to be mere
possibility and not there)?