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Subject: Re: [PATCH] submodule: add --no-fetch parameter to update command
From: "Fabian Franz" <FabianFranz () gmx ! de>
Date: 2009-02-07 15:44:25
Message-ID: 20090207154425.325390 () gmx ! net
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> Fabian Franz <git@fabian-franz.de> writes:
>
> > git submodule update --no-fetch makes it possible to use git submodule
> > update in complete offline mode by not fetching new revisions.
> >
> > This does make sense in the following setup:
> >
> > * There is an unstable and a stable branch in the super/master
> repository.
> > * The submodules might be at different revisions in the branches.
> > * You are at some place without internet connection ;)
> >
> > With this patch it is now possible to change branches and update
> > the submodules to be at the recorded revision without online access.
>
> How is this better than "cd submodule/path && git checkout whatever"?
It is better if you have a complex setup recorded in the master repository.
If my co-worker commited his newest revisions for the "stable" branch, I
might not know which of his revisions I need to checkout.
> > Another advantage is that with -N the update operation is faster,
> > because fetch is checking for new updates even if there was no
> > fetch/pull on the super/master repository since the last update.
>
> Do we know this is common enough to deserve a shortopt -N?
I don't think so, gonna resend later.
> The logic of the patch itself looks sane to me.
Nice.
Best Wishes,
Fabian
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