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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Calvin Wan <calvinwan@google.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, newren@gmail.com,
	Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de, avarab@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7] submodule merge: update conflict error message
Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2022 14:11:38 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqo7x2fj05.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAFySSZCEWX22h1FBX65=eofNm+WU97DtL7P+11WFie72DQLDkg@mail.gmail.com> (Calvin Wan's message of "Tue, 2 Aug 2022 14:03:07 -0700")

Calvin Wan <calvinwan@google.com> writes:

> I'm thinking something like this:
>
> "go to submodule ('sub' : 'a'), and either merge commit 'b'\n"
> "go to submodule ('sub', 'a'), and either merge commit 'b'\n"
> "go to submodule 'sub', commit 'a', and either merge commit 'b'\n"

In the first two, I suspect that it may not be quite clear what 'a'
means to the user.  In the third one, the first "commit" might be
mistaken as a verb.  I am tempted to say

    cd to <sub>, run "checkout --detach <a>" then "merge <b>"

but that may be a bit too prescriptive.  I dunno.




  reply	other threads:[~2022-08-02 21:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 60+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-06-06 23:54 [PATCH] submodule merge: update conflict error message Calvin Wan
2022-06-07  0:48 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-06-08 17:19   ` Calvin Wan
2022-06-08 17:34     ` Glen Choo
2022-06-08 18:01       ` Calvin Wan
2022-06-08 19:13         ` Junio C Hamano
2022-06-10 23:11 ` [PATCH v2] " Calvin Wan
2022-06-11  4:53   ` Elijah Newren
2022-06-11 17:08     ` Philippe Blain
2022-06-12  6:56       ` Elijah Newren
2022-06-13  2:03       ` Calvin Wan
2022-06-12 23:30     ` Junio C Hamano
2022-06-13  1:54     ` Calvin Wan
2022-06-29 22:40   ` [PATCH v3] " Calvin Wan
2022-06-30  2:40     ` Elijah Newren
2022-06-30 19:48       ` Calvin Wan
2022-07-01  4:27         ` Elijah Newren
2022-06-30 20:35     ` Glen Choo
2022-06-30 20:45       ` Glen Choo
2022-06-30 21:08       ` Calvin Wan
2022-07-12 23:19     ` [PATCH v4] " Calvin Wan
2022-07-13 18:11       ` Junio C Hamano
2022-07-17  2:46         ` Elijah Newren
2022-07-15 12:57       ` Johannes Schindelin
2022-07-16  6:22         ` Junio C Hamano
2022-07-17  2:44         ` Elijah Newren
2022-07-18 17:03         ` Calvin Wan
2022-07-18 21:43       ` [PATCH v5] " Calvin Wan
2022-07-19  6:39         ` Junio C Hamano
2022-07-19 19:30           ` Calvin Wan
2022-07-19 20:16             ` Junio C Hamano
2022-07-19  7:13         ` Junio C Hamano
2022-07-19 19:07           ` Calvin Wan
2022-07-19 20:30             ` Junio C Hamano
2022-07-25  6:05         ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-07-25 12:11           ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-07-25 22:03             ` Calvin Wan
2022-07-25 12:31         ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-07-25 21:27           ` Calvin Wan
2022-07-26 21:00         ` [PATCH v6] " Calvin Wan
2022-07-27  1:13           ` Elijah Newren
2022-07-27 22:00             ` Calvin Wan
2022-07-28  0:41               ` Elijah Newren
2022-07-28 19:06                 ` Calvin Wan
2022-07-27  9:20           ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-07-28 21:12           ` [PATCH v7] " Calvin Wan
2022-07-28 23:22             ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-07-29  0:24             ` Elijah Newren
2022-08-01 22:24               ` Calvin Wan
2022-08-01 12:06             ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-02  0:50             ` Junio C Hamano
2022-08-02 21:03               ` Calvin Wan
2022-08-02 21:11                 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2022-08-02 21:55                   ` Calvin Wan
2022-08-02 22:22                     ` Junio C Hamano
2022-08-04 19:51             ` [PATCH v8] " Calvin Wan
2022-08-16 15:58               ` Junio C Hamano
2022-08-16 18:58                 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-08-16 19:34                   ` Calvin Wan
2022-08-16 19:39                     ` Junio C Hamano

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