Hello,

Na Sun, Jul 15, 2007 at 05:21:01PM +0200, Sven Verdoolaege <skimo@kotnet.or=
g> pisal(a):
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> > vmiklos@vmobile:~/git/test/client/main$ git submodule add ../../server/=
libfoo/ libfoo
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>=20
> Here you add a submodule in the copy of the superproject in client.

correct

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> > vmiklos@vmobile:~/git/test/client/main$ git submodule update
> >=20
> > at the end of it, git submodule update does not pull anything, while
> > there are changes both in the main and in the libfoo repo, too
>=20
> The last time you told the superproject about any changes
> in the subprojects was when you added the subproject (in client),
> so as far as the superproject is concerned nothing happened
> in any submodule.  The submodules don't even exist in server.

okay, let me continue the example, then:

vmiklos@vmobile:~/git/test/client2$ git clone ../client/main
Initialized empty Git repository in /home/vmiklos/git/test/client2/main/.gi=
t/
remote: Generating pack...
remote: Done counting 11 objects.
remote: Deltifying 11 objects...
remote:  100% (11/11) done
Indexing 11 objects...
 100% (11/11) done
Resolving 2 deltas...
 100% (2/2) done
remote: Total 11 (delta 2), reused 3 (delta 0)
vmiklos@vmobile:~/git/test/client2$ ls
main/
vmiklos@vmobile:~/git/test/client2$ cd ../client/main/
vmiklos@vmobile:~/git/test/client/main$ git pull
Already up-to-date.
vmiklos@vmobile:~/git/test/client/main$ cd libfoo
vmiklos@vmobile:~/git/test/client/main/libfoo$ git pull
remote: Generating pack...
remote: Done counting 5 objects.
Result has 3 objects.
remote: Deltifying 3 objects...
 100% (3/3) done
Total 3 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta remote: 0)
Unpacking 3 objects...
 100% (3/3) done
* refs/remotes/origin/master: fast forward to branch 'master' of /home/vmik=
los/git/test/server/libfoo/
  old..new: 5979d36..07ceadb
Updating 5979d36..07ceadb
Fast forward
 libfoo.c |    1 +
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
vmiklos@vmobile:~/git/test/client/main/libfoo$ cd ../../../client2/main
vmiklos@vmobile:~/git/test/client2/main$ git submodule update

so the submodule exists now on the server and there would be something,
to update in the submodule, but git submodule update seem not to do
anything

thanks,
- VMiklos