Change git:// protocol in .gitmodules to https://

[msdos]

In some scenarios (like in some companies), the port which git protocol uses (9418 if I'm correct) is blocked by firewall policies. So, when I try to do a clone to your project (git clone --recursive), I can't receive the files in your submodule, so I receive a broken application.

My suggestion is to use https for the .gitsubmodule file. This submodule isn't that big to "justify" the use of git protocol, and would avoid a lot of problems in a lot of corporate machines/environments.

(Why am I doing a git clone? I'm using pathogen.)

[xolox]

Hi and thanks for your feedback! I started using submodules less than a month ago and haven't worked with submodules before. Do you know whether I can just edit the .gitsubmodules file and swap git://github.com/xolox/vim-misc.git with https://github.com/xolox/vim-misc.git?

[msdos]

Hum, I started using submodules last month too! In theory, I think you just need to do edit .gitmodules and everything will work fine when someone fetches, but I don't know how git is going to handle the modification in .gitmodules if someone already cloned the submodule.

At .git/config, if someone did a git clone --recursive, will have an entry pointing out to the submodule using the git protocol. Don't know how git is going to handle this. I think this is a good question to stackoverflow, I'm going to post there.

[msdos]

I've searched in SO for some information, and came across this topic:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/913701/changing-remote-repository-for-a-git-submodule

In theory, doing a git submodule sync should update .git/config, but it doesn't.

My solution is to edit myself the .git/config, and mantain the .gitmodules as is: with the git protocol. I think you can, if afraid of messing up with submodules, to just create an entry in the readme telling pathogen users about this issue and this solution. Changing .git/config is interesting because it isn't versioned, so...

Thanks for the fast reply.

[msdos]

Although I have used the solution described above, it's not the optimal solution, so it's up to you if you're going to change the .gitmodules file.

Thanks for the plugin!

[xolox]

Hi again,

Sorry for taking a while to respond. I just committed 27bef01 which changes the git submodule configuration as you've suggested. Thanks for your feedback and happy Vimming!