Re: [boost] What would make tool authors happier..

On 2 June 2015 at 19:08, Rene Rivera wrote:

First, it means is banning of git sub-modules outside of directly under boost-root/libs and boost-root/tools. Dealing with git sub-modules is difficult enough even when it's just a handful of sub-modules.

I've had no problem dealing with the numeric modules. The output of 'git config -f .gitmodules -l' contains pretty much everything you need to know. You can get a list of submodule paths using: git config -f $BOOST_ROOT/.gitmodules -l | sed -n 's/submodule\.\([^.]*\)\.path=\(.*\)/\2/p' If you're trying to find modules by walking the filesystem, you'll just create problems for yourself. FWIW I think most of what you've written about is a waste of time, but knock yourself out.