Re: FW: Query on git submodules

2015-06-02 Thread Mattias Vannergård
Frawley, Sarah sarah.frawley at intel.com writes: Correct when I referred to 10+ layers I meant nested repositories which make up a large hierarchy.  Some repositories are repeated across the hierarchy.  We check-out submodules to tag versions (as opposed to master branch).  If we need to

Re: FW: Query on git submodules

2015-06-02 Thread Heiko Voigt
On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 01:20:11PM +, Frawley, Sarah wrote: Thanks Heiko for getting back to me. Correct when I referred to 10+ layers I meant nested repositories which make up a large hierarchy.  Some repositories are repeated across the hierarchy.  We check-out submodules to tag

Re: FW: Query on git submodules

2015-06-02 Thread Mattias Vannergård
Heiko Voigt hvoigt at hvoigt.net writes: What exactly is the feature of using a tag instead of a commit id like it is currently the default? A tag should be nailed to a commit anyway or does it change in your situation? In that case I would say it is a branch. Cheers Heiko

RE: FW: Query on git submodules

2015-06-02 Thread Frawley, Sarah
:12 PM To: Frawley, Sarah Cc: git@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: FW: Query on git submodules On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 01:20:11PM +, Frawley, Sarah wrote: Thanks Heiko for getting back to me. Correct when I referred to 10+ layers I meant nested repositories which make up a large hierarchy

Re: FW: Query on git submodules

2015-06-02 Thread Heiko Voigt
On Tue, Jun 02, 2015 at 09:45:39AM +, Mattias Vannergård wrote: I am planning on using submodules in a way, where I can specify a configuration of repos with tags, and rebuild the submodule tree, when selecting a configuration on the top level. But, yet I have found no easy way to

FW: Query on git submodules

2015-05-27 Thread Frawley, Sarah
Thanks Heiko for getting back to me. Correct when I referred to 10+ layers I meant nested repositories which make up a large hierarchy.  Some repositories are repeated across the hierarchy.  We check-out submodules to tag versions (as opposed to master branch).  If we need to roll out a