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Re: RFC: submodule terminology

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ELEric Lesh <eclesh@ucla.edu>
Date
May 21, 2007, 00:32 UTC
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On Mon, 2007-05-21 at 01:39 +0200, Martin Waitz wrote:
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> hoi :)
> 
> On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 01:16:24AM +0200, Johan Herland wrote:
> > The term "gitlink" is ambiguous/confusing? I didn't know. What's the 
> > other meaning of gitlink?
> 
> there was some talk about lightweight checkouts using some .gitlink
> file instead of a .git directory.
>

This was my project, but if I end up trying to do lightweight checkouts I'll avoid a .gitlink file most likely (and go with something in .git/config instead). Gitlink is therefore quite safe.

-Eric
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  3. Junio C HamanoMay 20, 2007
  4. Johan HerlandMay 20, 2007
  5. Raimund BauerMay 21, 2007
  6. Shawn O. PearceMay 21, 2007
  7. Martin WaitzMay 20, 2007
  8. Johan HerlandMay 20, 2007
  9. Martin WaitzMay 20, 2007
  10. Eric LeshMay 21, 2007

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