On Thu, 5 Apr 2018 13:51:45 +0200 Antonio Ospite <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Mar 2017 11:12:38 +0100 > martin f krafft <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hey, > > > > The file .gitmodules (man 5 gitmodules, for use with git-submodule) > > is hardcoded to reside in $GIT_WORK_DIR/.gitmodules. As vcsh > > repositories all share the same work dir, there's a conflict. > > > > Has anyone come up with a smart way to handle this? > > > > I am picking up this old discussion, as submodules are indeed the most > "natural" way to deal with extensions or plugins. and this is IMHO the > main pain-point of using detached working trees. > > An interesting approach to overcome the limitation of the > hardcoded .gitmodules path is vcsh-modules: > https://github.com/lierdakil/vcsh-modules > > It basically "redirects" operations on $GIT_WORK_TREE/.gitmodules to > $GIT_WORK_TREE/.gitmodules.d/$VCSH_REPO_NAME > > A more robust solution could be to teach git how to set a custom path > for the gitmodules file. > > I have an experimental patch for that I am thinking about proposing it > to git developers. My idea is to have a core.submodulesFile config > setting in git, which vcsh could set when operating on a repo. > Hi, the changes I proposed to git developers have been accepted: https://public-inbox.org/git/[email protected]/ And since version 2.20.0 git is able to use .gitmodules even when the file is not in the working tree. Combining this with the sparse-checkout functionality it is now possible to use submodules with "vcsh run" with a setup like the one here: https://git.ao2.it/config/vcsh.git/ I tried to recap the whole story behind vcsh and submodules here: https://git.ao2.it/config/vcsh.git/commitdiff/6eede8729318d0419b32c0d9424297889a8e57b0 What I forgot to tell in that commit message is that "vcsh enter <repo>" was already working even with older git version as long as .gitmodules was ignored in the sparse-checkout config. The new git version enables the use of "vcsh run <repo> <command>" and per-repository hooks with submodules. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to ask. Ciao, Antonio -- Antonio Ospite https://ao2.it https://twitter.com/ao2it A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? _______________________________________________ vcs-home mailing list [email protected] https://lists.madduck.net/listinfo/vcs-home
