On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 5:23 PM, Brandon Williams <bmw...@google.com> wrote: > The new switch `--init-active` initializes the submodules which are > configured in `submodule.active` instead of those given as > command line arguments before updating. In the first implementation this > is made incompatible with further command line arguments as it is > unclear what the user means by > > git submodule update --init --init-active <paths> > > This new switch allows users to record more complex patterns as it saves > retyping them whenever you invoke update. > > Based on a patch by Stefan Beller <sbel...@google.com> > > Signed-off-by: Brandon Williams <bmw...@google.com>
> @@ -568,7 +573,17 @@ cmd_update() > > if test -n "$init" > then > - cmd_init "--" "$@" || return > + if test "$init" = "by_config" > + then > + if test $# -gt 0 > + then > + die "$(gettext "path arguments are > incompatible with --init-active")" > + fi > + cmd_init "--" $(git config --get-all > submodule.active) || return What happens with submodule.<name>.actives here?
