On 08/11/17 20:57, Thomas Huth wrote: > > That automatic git submodule stuff now broke my workflow again. I > usually keep the git repository on my laptop and then simply rsync the > sources (without .git directories) to my target machine to compile it > there. Used to work great for years. Now it's broken, the build process > complains: > > GIT submodule checkout is out of date. Please run > scripts/git-submodule.sh update > from the source directory checkout /home/thuth/devel/qemu > > Running "scripts/git-submodule.sh update" did not fix the issue at all - > I first had to tinker with it for a while to find out that I simply have > to delete ".git-submodule-status" in my git tree to fix the issue. > > I've got the feeling that all this submodule crap is constantly causing > pain ... do we really need this? Can't we find another solution instead? > Or at least stop modifying files automatically in the $SRC_PATH ? > > ... ok, sorry for the harsh words, ... but now that I've written this > down, I feel at least a little bit better ...
Since there is resistance to add a way to disable changing $SRC_PATH, I guess the way to go is simply move .git folder outside of source tree and use $GIT_DIR or --work-dir only when you want git to manage the sources - this should make $git_submodules empty in ./configure and git-submodule.sh not to touch anything. -- Alexey
