On Fri, Oct 6, 2017 at 3:32 PM, Heiko Voigt <[email protected]> wrote: > NOTE: The argument in this message is not correct, see description in > cover letter. > > The setup of the repositories in this test is using gitlinks without the > .gitmodules infrastructure. It is however testing convenience features > like --recurse-submodules=on-demand. These features are already not > supported by fetch without a .gitmodules file. This leads us to the > conclusion that it is not really used here as well. > > Let's use the usual submodule commands to setup the repository in a > typical way. This also has the advantage that we are testing with a > repository structure that is more similar to one we could expect on a > users setup. > > Signed-off-by: Heiko Voigt <[email protected]> > --- > > As mentioned in the cover letter. This seems to be the only test that > ensures that we stay compatible with setups without .gitmodules. Maybe > we should add/revive some?
An interesting discussion covering this topic is found at https://public-inbox.org/git/[email protected]/
