<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/3.26.0"> </HEAD> <BODY> On Tue, 2011-04-05 at 09:58 +0200, Dirk Wallenstein wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <PRE> A relative submodule URL requires m4 duplicates relative to every fork or local mirror of this module. To select a different protocol with an absolute submodule URL, the url.<base>.insteadOf configuration option can be used. Signed-off-by: Dirk Wallenstein <<A HREF="mailto:halsmit@t-online.de">halsmit@t-online.de</A>> --- I give it at try. Please consider it. This applies to all util-* modules. .gitmodules | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules index 459533d..cff1b86 100644 --- a/.gitmodules +++ b/.gitmodules @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ [submodule "m4"] path = m4 - url = ../util-common-m4.git + url = git://anongit.freedesktop.org/xcb/util-common-m4.git </PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> I looked at a few projects on the net at random and they use git protocol. It is also given as examples in the git man pages. It would be helpful for the many who never used submodules to have a README indicating how to use a different protocols such as http or ssh. There were a few posts on the list by knowledgeable people on the subject. Reviewed-by: Gaetan Nadon <<A HREF="mailto:memsize@videotron.ca">memsize@videotron.ca</A>> </BODY> </HTML>