Re: Allow adding files from git submodule to parent git repo if they are in .gitignore in the submodule

Alexey Murz Korepov [off-list ref] writes:

$ git add -f mysubmodule/config.yaml
fatal: Pathspec 'mysubmodule/config.yaml' is in submodule 'mysubmodule'

But I see no problems with doing this, if the file is in .gitignore of
the mysubmodule submodule.

So, let's discuss the approach of how we can allow this in git?

What should happen when mysubmodule/.gitignore changes?  Who
guarantees that such a file stolen by the superproject will stay in
the .gitignore file in the submodule?

I do not think you want to go there, and I do not think I want to
see such a behaviour in Git, as we would be the ones who will be
blamed for the resulting mess.

The right solution probably is to keep such a file in a directory
that is separate from the directory where you bind your submodule.
Track the file in the superproject, and have a build procedure to
copy it into the submodule directory (as an untracked file, of
course).