Re: [PATCH] git-submodule - allow a relative path as the subproject url
From: Junio C Hamano <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:43:36
Mark Levedahl [off-list ref] writes:
This allows a subproject's location to be specified and stored as relative to the parent project's location (e.g., ./foo, or ../foo). This url is stored in .gitmodules as given. It is resolved into an absolute url by appending it to the parent project's url when the information is written to .git/config (i.e., during submodule add for the originator, and submodule init for a downstream recipient). This allows cloning of the project to work "as expected" if the project is hosted on a different server than when the subprojects were added. Signed-off-by: Mark Levedahl <redacted>
I like the idea here. If you maintain and serve a set related projects you need to give the users a single URL (per where the user is and how to reach the server).
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt index 2c48936..d421677 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ add:: repository is cloned at the specified path, added to the changeset and registered in .gitmodules. If no path is specified, the path is deduced from the repository specification. + If the repository url begins with ./ or ../, it is stored as + given but resolved as a relative path from the main project's + url when cloning.
Tabs vs spaces? Will fix up while applying. Thanks.