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by Izkata 1946 days ago
I can't answer in general, but I do see one possible misunderstanding: "vendored" means the code is copied into the parent repo.

If a submodule's original source goes offline, a new clone of the parent repo won't be able to retrieve it, since it just stores a reference to where to clone from. If subrepo really vendors the code, that'll never be a problem since a full copy is committed directly to the parent repo.

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This is what mirroring or forking is for...