From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.9 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3685A1FC44 for ; Thu, 16 Feb 2017 22:55:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933471AbdBPWzN (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Feb 2017 17:55:13 -0500 Received: from mail-lf0-f44.google.com ([209.85.215.44]:36489 "EHLO mail-lf0-f44.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933157AbdBPWzN (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Feb 2017 17:55:13 -0500 Received: by mail-lf0-f44.google.com with SMTP id z134so15147461lff.3 for ; Thu, 16 Feb 2017 14:55:12 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=rUBoBca3Jeuq6nnY20P5gpuq76uTU6yuOFKGOW8cOCI=; b=Nhlb+lzZ0FVDdOTE7ba+oNg+Ld6r6LODi7YZ2JBOEbVMEIruAxKS6QBm/NNSxcgmwT o4WAgk/+h+DJxEmYHXOekSse8cOz/+M3kV/WAJneDh3YNMKhztud51pxtTZMkEXnHX3E jejOmP7i6ErU723b4JQ4Nf1XdYYmajxeD0xe6iC2fgkcnmoSP30fGnsW4wALcMcAIl6b wr7zZ70abNh1DBwITOOQwNjUPC95W087gOja2JuHrPzWcNvtcCSDdipSe1GSnpFuyotV hHatBA6V0LO7CVDccJBDfMuGSDfhJj1c4xfQBe74/0fmL79fsKcFPZRK78ZiRXAggipr CfOw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=rUBoBca3Jeuq6nnY20P5gpuq76uTU6yuOFKGOW8cOCI=; b=uVB/ioV7c9OrAIUn73kfFZTiZasu9wiPoYi/+4YFmLftTpZT2vnq9OkjnD3LLiTcV7 dAJ5fer5XhDkoI7MTC31uRUbQqK2/1H8qo8QgbIlRFXttHQgNbIUMhbUOFSY3JFLskp6 agNGA0MGu/FCRAaWtrvCCdyGKrKspUQc3ESkuG4onkn5t9hNnPlAffe/OSg50vKXavm/ Dw17COUaFQYDqE6MQ1XDf5ls7Ejt7ggz7fkRr9lhYz9yyXNejVDiIrZT1iS/mF8UhBQ2 SgKCxxUfr6b1+cIWelOL1OYCWINgoLL3iWcLuhfTcWZP18jXEPElpkpG+GDfz/zNxA6B Aziw== X-Gm-Message-State: AMke39l4cvM6Mtry6yo8kTmv/a4zUj78JoIfKQCfQr+MIE+2KGR1m0Imt6iY1KVryaJ16l4hBlhu4XPIfwrq4Q== X-Received: by 10.46.7.18 with SMTP id 18mr16109ljh.119.1487285711284; Thu, 16 Feb 2017 14:55:11 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.25.145.14 with HTTP; Thu, 16 Feb 2017 14:54:50 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <20170216003811.18273-1-sbeller@google.com> From: Jacob Keller Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2017 14:54:50 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [RFCv4 PATCH 00/14] Checkout aware of Submodules! To: Junio C Hamano Cc: Stefan Beller , Git mailing list , "brian m. carlson" , Jonathan Nieder , Brandon Williams Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Feb 16, 2017 at 2:00 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Stefan Beller writes: > >> Integrate updating the submodules into git checkout,... > > It was more or less a pleasant read, once I decided to pretend that > I were a machine who uses identifiers only to identify locations in > the program ;-) IOW, for human consumption, the new names introduced > were sometimes quite confusing and went against helping understanding. > Based on my cursory reading, I agree. I had trouble understanding how the process worked because the names were somewhat confusing. They started to make some sense as I read more. I think v4 had better names than v3, but they were still somewhat confusing to me. Regards, Jake