Re: url..insteadOf vs. submodules

2017-02-20 Thread Toolforger
On 20.02.2017 21:52, Jeff King wrote: > I think if there is a doc bug, it is that the repo boundary between the > submodule and the super-project is not made more clear. It's not mentioned anywhere I'm aware of, particularly not on the insteadOf docs. > That said, I do think it would be a usef

Re: url..insteadOf vs. submodules

2017-02-20 Thread Toolforger
On 20.02.2017 10:01, Jeff King wrote: On Sun, Feb 19, 2017 at 10:12:28PM +0100, Toolforger wrote: I am trying to make url..insteadOf work on the URLs inside .gitmodules, but it won't work (applying it to the repo itself works fine, to the config setting seems to be fine). The subm

url..insteadOf vs. submodules

2017-02-19 Thread Toolforger
Hi all, I am trying to make url..insteadOf work on the URLs inside .gitmodules, but it won't work (applying it to the repo itself works fine, to the config setting seems to be fine). I do not want to modify .gitmodules: It is maintained upstream. I cannot simply reconfigure submodule..url: t