From: Kaartic Sivaraam <kaartic.sivaraam@gmail.com>
To: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
Cc: Git mailing list <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/8] Doc/gitsubmodules: clearly specify advantage of submodule
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2018 21:28:02 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <19bb76a0-3360-65f8-4933-404addbdc767@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAGZ79kYyUcun4spUKVsOb+SucCe6=1cizrfH7hrFoyKteWZ_9w@mail.gmail.com>
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>> content that is not compressed by delta computation between trees.
>> - However you can also use submodules to e.g. hold large binary assets
>> + Therefore you can use submodules to hold large binary assets
>
> If this improves readability by a lot, I'd be all for it. But this use
> case is just
> exemplary. There are also cases of submodules that do not contain big files,
> but e.g. have a lengthy history with lots of small files.
> So I don't know, as I would want to keep emphasized that this is just
> an example.
>
You're right I actually screwed up by emphasizing that was the only use
case it was envisioned for. Fixed it by replacing "Therefore" with " For
example, ..."
Thanks,
Kaartic
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-01-09 15:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 44+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-01-06 18:46 [PATCH 0/8] Doc/submodules: a few updates Kaartic Sivaraam
2018-01-06 18:46 ` [PATCH 1/8] Doc/gitsubmodules: split a sentence for better readability Kaartic Sivaraam
2018-01-07 0:29 ` Eric Sunshine
2018-01-08 18:33 ` Stefan Beller
2018-01-06 18:46 ` [PATCH 2/8] Doc/gitsubmodules: clearly specify advantage of submodule Kaartic Sivaraam
2018-01-08 18:36 ` Stefan Beller
2018-01-09 15:58 ` Kaartic Sivaraam [this message]
2018-01-06 18:46 ` [PATCH 3/8] Doc/gitsubmodules: specify how submodules help in reduced size Kaartic Sivaraam
2018-01-07 0:31 ` Eric Sunshine
2018-01-08 18:38 ` Stefan Beller
2018-01-09 16:01 ` Kaartic Sivaraam
2018-01-09 19:01 ` Stefan Beller
2018-01-09 19:30 ` Kaartic Sivaraam
2018-01-06 18:46 ` [PATCH 4/8] Doc/gitsubmodules: avoid abbreviations Kaartic Sivaraam
2018-01-07 0:36 ` Eric Sunshine
2018-01-08 18:45 ` Stefan Beller
2018-01-09 16:06 ` Kaartic Sivaraam
2018-01-09 19:26 ` Stefan Beller
2018-01-09 19:32 ` Kaartic Sivaraam
2018-01-06 18:46 ` [PATCH 5/8] Doc/gitsubmodules: use "Git directory" consistently Kaartic Sivaraam
2018-01-07 0:39 ` Eric Sunshine
2018-01-08 18:45 ` Stefan Beller
2018-01-06 18:46 ` [PATCH 6/8] Doc/gitsubmodules: improve readability of certain lines Kaartic Sivaraam
2018-01-07 0:44 ` Eric Sunshine
2018-01-08 18:49 ` Stefan Beller
2018-01-09 16:37 ` Kaartic Sivaraam
2018-01-09 19:31 ` Stefan Beller
2018-01-09 19:57 ` Kaartic Sivaraam
2018-01-06 18:46 ` [PATCH 7/8] Doc/git-submodule: improve readability and grammar of a sentence Kaartic Sivaraam
2018-01-08 18:57 ` Stefan Beller
2018-01-06 18:46 ` [PATCH 8/8] Doc/git-submodule: correctly quote important words Kaartic Sivaraam
2018-01-08 19:08 ` [PATCH 0/8] Doc/submodules: a few updates Stefan Beller
2018-01-09 17:06 ` Kaartic Sivaraam
2018-01-09 18:50 ` Stefan Beller
2018-01-10 6:49 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] " Kaartic Sivaraam
2018-01-10 6:49 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] Doc/gitsubmodules: make some changes to improve readability and syntax Kaartic Sivaraam
2018-01-10 20:49 ` Stefan Beller
2018-01-10 6:49 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] Doc/git-submodule: improve readability and grammar of a sentence Kaartic Sivaraam
2018-01-14 17:37 ` [PATCH v3 0/2] Doc/submodules: a few updates Kaartic Sivaraam
2018-01-14 17:37 ` [PATCH v3 1/2] Doc/gitsubmodules: make some changes to improve readability and syntax Kaartic Sivaraam
2018-01-16 20:03 ` Stefan Beller
2018-01-14 17:37 ` [PATCH v3 2/2] Doc/git-submodule: improve readability and grammar of a sentence Kaartic Sivaraam
2018-01-16 20:02 ` [PATCH v3 0/2] Doc/submodules: a few updates Junio C Hamano
2018-01-17 2:45 ` Kaartic Sivaraam
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