Re: 'git submodules update' ignores credential.helper config of the parent repository

On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 10:05:24AM -0800, Stefan Beller wrote:

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I have a feeling that something like this would create unwelcome corner
cases in the config-writer, which is otherwise does not have to care
about which existing section of a file it adds a key to.

Yeah the writer would become a lot more involved, if we're not going
the stupid way (add these sections for nearly all keys. that would be
a mess but easy to implement)

So I guess then we rather settle with multiple config files or a white/blacklist
of config options to propagate from the superproject to its submodules.

I'm still open to the idea that we simply improve the documentation to
make it clear that per-repo config really is per-repo, and is not shared
between super-projects and submodules. And then something like Duy's
proposed conditional config lets you set global config that flexibly
covers a set of repos.

-Peff