From: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
To: Brandon Williams <bmwill@google.com>
Cc: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>,
Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>,
"git@vger.kernel.org" <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH] submodules: overhaul documentation
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2017 14:42:25 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAGZ79kaKBhhRZgjUChrw+MMFB0b_mQ037+-MTeAsQKMR9oCE4g@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170619181017.GA194323@google.com>
On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 11:10 AM, Brandon Williams <bmwill@google.com> wrote:
> I would probably change the first sentence to:
>
> A submodule is another Git repository tracked at an arbitrary place
> inside the working tree.
The tracking doesn't happen at an arbitrary place, but in
the gitlink/.gitmodules file. The location of the submodule is
at an arbitrary place within the working tree.
In a resend, I'll reword it completely (again) to focus more on the structure.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-06-20 21:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-06-07 18:53 [RFC/PATCH] submodules: overhaul documentation Stefan Beller
2017-06-13 19:29 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-06-13 21:06 ` Stefan Beller
2017-06-19 18:10 ` Brandon Williams
2017-06-20 21:42 ` Stefan Beller [this message]
2017-06-20 18:18 ` Jonathan Tan
2017-06-20 19:15 ` Stefan Beller
2017-06-20 22:56 ` [PATCHv2] " Stefan Beller
2017-06-21 3:45 ` Jonathan Tan
2017-06-21 17:25 ` Stefan Beller
2017-06-22 17:46 ` Brandon Williams
2017-06-22 18:54 ` Stefan Beller
2017-06-22 20:20 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-06-22 20:27 ` Stefan Beller
2017-06-22 21:03 ` Brandon Williams
2017-06-22 21:09 ` Stefan Beller
2017-06-22 21:01 ` [PATCHv3] " Stefan Beller
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