Re: [RFC/PATCH] clone: introduce clone.submoduleGitDir to relocate $GITDIR

Marc Branchaud [off-list ref] writes:

So it looks like the proposed change to git-clone provides no benefit to the
submodule-adding machinery, which still needs to know when and how to
relocate .git directories.

Ram, assuming Junio's explanations match your intentions, if the whole

That is a huge assumption, given that I have a proven track record
of guessing Ram's intention wrong ;-).

motivation for this change is "to make 'git add' DTRT wrt submodules, and
deprecate 'git submodule add'" then I don't think it's bringing you any
closer to that goal.