| Message ID | 20181211000859.130266-1-sbeller@google.com (mailing list archive) |
|---|---|
| State | New, archived |
| Headers | show |
| Series | Re: [wishlist] submodule.update config | expand |
On Mon, 10 Dec 2018, Stefan Beller wrote: > Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com> > --- > > > So you are proposing a variable like submodule.update > > [...] > > Glad to hear that. Not sure though I would know where to stick my > > nose to figure out what to change. ;-) > The update_module is computed via the submodule--helpers > update-module-mode command, which is a small wrapper > around determine_submodule_update_strategy() > which you already touched in the other patch that makes > --reset-hard another mode. > This contains code and tests, but we'd need some docs as well. > I am not sure about this patch as it allows for easier experimentation > with submodules (e.g. "git config submodule.update '!git reset --hard'" > sounds like what you're trying to get) ;-) it was indeed one of the original approaches I considered instead of having "update --reset-hard"... > and using them, but as discussed > below this might be too much convenience already and we'd rather want to > have it properly integrated into the real commands. indeed, having "update --reset-hard" provides necessary to me convenience for my use cases. Motivation behind submodule.update was primarily to allow for heterogeneous (but still simple to define) strategies, where for some subproject I could just define submodule.update to be "reset-hard" (I do not expect my local commits matter) and in the others -- "merge" (I carry my changes on top). But again, I must confess, that either I forgot or just do not see a clear use-case/demand for submodule.update config myself any longer, besides providing a potentially useful default over submodule.MODULE.update config. > > Well, not sure... In the long run, if UX is to be tuned up, I wonder if > > it would be more worthwhile to look toward making all those git commands > > (git merge, git checkout, git rebase, ..., git revert, git cherry-pick) > > support --recurse-submodules with a consistent with the non-recursive > > operation by default behavior > That is the end goal, very much. > > (e.g. not introducing detached HEADs or > > controlling that via a set of additional options where needed). > As with the discussion of the submodule.repoLike option (the patch I > referenced in the other discussion), this is tricky to get the right > behavior, so it takes some more time to do. > Also what is right for a "git merge --recursive" might be totally different > from a "git submodule update --merge" as the former is not centered around > submodules but merging, such that a sensible default would be expected, > whereas the "submodule update" is allowed to have a rough edge. Probably I need to try "submodules update --merge" to see what is that rough edge which makes it different from the potential "merge --recurse-submodules", or is it easy to describe? ;-) I wonder if may be instead of pestering you about this config one, I should ask about pointers on how to accomplish "revert --recurse-submodules" or where to poke to make it possible to clone recursively from http://datasets.datalad.org/ where we do not place submodules all under the very top /.git/modules ;-)
> But again, I must confess, that either I forgot or just do not see a > clear use-case/demand for submodule.update config myself any longer, ok, let's drop that patch then. > Probably I need to try "submodules update --merge" to see what is that > rough edge which makes it different from the potential "merge > --recurse-submodules", or is it easy to describe? ;-) I think the branch handling would be the difference. I'd expect "merge --recurse-submodules" to be sensible about staying on the branch both in the superproject and submodule, whereas "submodule update --merge" is too much plumbing, that we'd expect a sensible branch handling (detached HEAD is just fine, right?) The merge result would be the same, I'd think. > > I wonder if may be instead of pestering you about this config one, I > should ask about pointers on how to accomplish "revert > --recurse-submodules" What do you want to do in revert --recurse-submodules? When you have "revert --recurse-submodules $COMMIT", would that revert all submodule commits introduced in that commit as well as the regular superproject revert? This would require either opening multiple editors (once per submodule and at last for the superproject) or we'd have to do fancy snip-snapping of the user input, e.g. providing a template like: Revert "$title" This reverts commit $COMMIT. # The above is for the superproject commit # Please enter the commit message ... # # Changes to be committed: # ... # --8<-- DO NOT DELETE THIS LINE # Below is the commit for submodule $submodule: Revert $submodule_range This reverts commits $maybe_many # The above is for the submodule commit # Please ... I guess it may be easier to just have multiple editors opened sequentially to give a commit message. > or where to poke to make it possible to clone > recursively from http://datasets.datalad.org/ where we do not place > submodules all under the very top /.git/modules ;-) Not sure what you mean there?
On Wed, 12 Dec 2018, Stefan Beller wrote: > > But again, I must confess, that either I forgot or just do not see a > > clear use-case/demand for submodule.update config myself any longer, > ok, let's drop that patch then. ok, But I will cherish it in my memory so whenever the use case comes back to me -- I will be back too ;) > > Probably I need to try "submodules update --merge" to see what is that > > rough edge which makes it different from the potential "merge > > --recurse-submodules", or is it easy to describe? ;-) > I think the branch handling would be the difference. I'd expect > "merge --recurse-submodules" to be sensible about staying on > the branch both in the superproject and submodule, whereas > "submodule update --merge" is too much plumbing, that we'd > expect a sensible branch handling (detached HEAD is just fine, > right?) re "detached HEAD is just fine" -- I guess "it depends"... E.g. why should it get detached if it was not detached to start with? Why not just to perform a regular "git merge --recurse-submodules" within the submodule thus making it all consistent across? If there is a need in detached HEADs handling of merges etc, get them detached and then they would stay detached - no surprises. > The merge result would be the same, I'd think. it better be ;) > > I wonder if may be instead of pestering you about this config one, I > > should ask about pointers on how to accomplish "revert > > --recurse-submodules" > What do you want to do in revert --recurse-submodules? > When you have "revert --recurse-submodules $COMMIT", > would that revert all submodule commits introduced in > that commit as well as the regular superproject revert? That is correct > This would require either opening multiple editors > (once per submodule and at last for the superproject) > or we'd have to do fancy snip-snapping of the user input, > e.g. providing a template like: > Revert "$title" > This reverts commit $COMMIT. > # The above is for the superproject commit > # Please enter the commit message ... > # Changes to be committed: > # ... > # --8<-- DO NOT DELETE THIS LINE > # Below is the commit for submodule $submodule: > Revert $submodule_range > This reverts commits $maybe_many > # The above is for the submodule commit > # Please ... > I guess it may be easier to just have multiple > editors opened sequentially to give a commit > message. yeap - that would be beautiful. Now I just need to do that all manually ;) > > or where to poke to make it possible to clone > > recursively from http://datasets.datalad.org/ where we do not place > > submodules all under the very top /.git/modules ;-) > Not sure what you mean there? sorry I was not clear... I will start a new thread for a complete description.
diff --git a/builtin/submodule--helper.c b/builtin/submodule--helper.c index d38113a31a..e1aa3a9995 100644 --- a/builtin/submodule--helper.c +++ b/builtin/submodule--helper.c @@ -1472,6 +1472,10 @@ static void determine_submodule_update_strategy(struct repository *r, if (parse_submodule_update_strategy(val, out) < 0) die(_("Invalid update mode '%s' configured for submodule path '%s'"), val, path); + } else if (!repo_config_get_string_const(r, "submodule.update", &val)) { + if (parse_submodule_update_strategy(val, out) < 0) + die(_("Invalid update mode '%s' configured for 'submodule.update'"), + val); } else if (sub->update_strategy.type != SM_UPDATE_UNSPECIFIED) { out->type = sub->update_strategy.type; out->command = sub->update_strategy.command; diff --git a/t/t7406-submodule-update.sh b/t/t7406-submodule-update.sh index e87164aa8f..05880fd48f 100755 --- a/t/t7406-submodule-update.sh +++ b/t/t7406-submodule-update.sh @@ -322,6 +322,33 @@ test_expect_success 'submodule update - rebase in .git/config' ' ) ' +test_expect_success 'submodule update - rebase in generic .git/config' ' + git -C super config submodule.update rebase && + git -C super/submodule reset --hard HEAD~1 && + (cd super && + (cd submodule && + compare_head + ) && + git submodule update submodule && + cd submodule && + compare_head + ) +' + +test_expect_success 'submodule.<name>.update overrides submodule.update' ' + git -C super config submodule.update merge && + git -C super config submodule.submodule.update rebase && + git -C super/submodule reset --hard HEAD~1 && + (cd super && + (cd submodule && + compare_head + ) && + git submodule update submodule && + cd submodule && + compare_head + ) +' + test_expect_success 'submodule update - checkout in .git/config but --rebase given' ' (cd super && git config submodule.submodule.update checkout @@ -339,6 +366,20 @@ test_expect_success 'submodule update - checkout in .git/config but --rebase giv ) ' +test_expect_success 'submodule update - checkout in submodule.update in .git/config but --rebase given' ' + test_when_finished "git -C super config --unset submodule.update" && + git -C super config submodule.update checkout && + git -C super/submodule reset --hard HEAD~1 && + (cd super && + (cd submodule && + compare_head + ) && + git submodule update --rebase submodule && + cd submodule && + compare_head + ) +' + test_expect_success 'submodule update - merge in .git/config' ' (cd super && git config submodule.submodule.update merge