Re: [PATCH 0/5] Some submodule bugfixes and "reattaching detached HEADs"

2017-05-31 Thread Stefan Beller
On Mon, May 1, 2017 at 9:04 PM, Stefan Beller wrote: >> >>> I don't know why submodules were originally designed to be in a >>> detached HEAD state but I much prefer working on branches (as I'm sure >>> many other developers do) so the prospect of this becoming the norm is >>>

Re: [PATCH 0/5] Some submodule bugfixes and "reattaching detached HEADs"

2017-05-01 Thread Stefan Beller
On Mon, May 1, 2017 at 6:35 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Brandon Williams writes: > >> I don't know why submodules were originally designed to be in a >> detached HEAD state but I much prefer working on branches (as I'm sure >> many other developers do) so

Re: [PATCH 0/5] Some submodule bugfixes and "reattaching detached HEADs"

2017-05-01 Thread Junio C Hamano
Brandon Williams writes: > I don't know why submodules were originally designed to be in a > detached HEAD state but I much prefer working on branches (as I'm sure > many other developers do) so the prospect of this becoming the norm is > exciting! :D The reason is because

Re: [PATCH 0/5] Some submodule bugfixes and "reattaching detached HEADs"

2017-05-01 Thread Brandon Williams
On 05/01, Stefan Beller wrote: > The first three patches fix bugs in existing submodule code, > sort of independent from the last 2 patches, which are RFCs. > > > > In submodules as of today you always end up with a detached HEAD, > which may be scary to people used to working on branches. (I