submodule.path.branch vs. submodule.name.branch (was: Possible regression in master? (submodules without a master branch).

I'm breaking this off into a sub-thread, so it doesn't distract from the main issue. On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 12:39:03PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: There is this bit for update in git-submodule.txt: For updates that clone missing submodules, checkout-mode updates will create submodules

Re: submodule.path.branch vs. submodule.name.branch

W. Trevor King wk...@tremily.us writes: [side note] Isn't that a typo of submodule.name.branch? Good catch. The transition from submodule.path.* to submodule.name.* happened in 73b0898d (Teach git submodule add the --name option, 2012-09-30), which landed in v1.8.1-rc0 on 2012-12-03.