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

Hi,

On Wed, Nov 09, 2011 at 10:01:33AM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:

Heiko Voigt [off-list ref] writes:

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This is almost ready but I would like to know what users of the
"floating submodule" think about this.

Thanks for working on this.

I do like to hear from potential users as well, because the general
impression we got was that floating submodules is not a real need of
anybody, but it is merely an inertia of people who (perhaps mistakenly)
thought svn externals that are not anchored to a particular revision is a
feature when it is just a limitation in reality. During the GitTogether'11
we learned that Android that uses floating model does not really have to.

Since we did not get any reply from potential floating submodule users I
do not mind to drop this patch for now. It is archived in the mailing list
and it should be easy to revive once there is real world need for it.

Once we have the "exact" model support for checkout and friends this
might be a handy tool to update submodules before releases and such. But
currently I would like to focus on the "exact" front first.

Cheers Heiko