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Re: [PATCH] Documentation/git-submodule.txt: Add Description section

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HOHeikki Orsila <shdl@zakalwe.fi>
Date
Jul 15, 2008, 18:37 UTC
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On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 12:22:07PM +0200, Petr Baudis wrote:
> +Submodules are a special kind of tree entries which do not refer to a blob or
> +a directory, but to a particular tree in another repository (living at a given
> +URL). 
Better to say what a submodule is, rather than what it isn't:

"Submodules are a special kind of tree entries which refer to a particular tree in another repository ..."

Also, I think you should make the following explicit:

"A submodule is visible as subdirectory in the working directory. However, the submodule is not part of the main repository. This is a differene to "remotes". In remotes only the contents of other repositories is tracked, but their content is not visible in the working directory."

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Message 3 of 13 in “Documentation/git-submodule.txt: Add Description section”
  1. Documentation/git-submodule.txt: Add Description sectionPetr Baudis, Jul 15, 2008
  2. Junio C HamanoJul 15, 2008
  3. Heikki OrsilaJul 15, 2008
  4. [PATCHv2] Documentation/git-submodule.txt: Add Description sectionPetr Baudis, Jul 16, 2008
  5. Kalle Olavi NiemitaloJul 16, 2008
  6. Junio C HamanoJul 16, 2008
  7. Heikki OrsilaJul 17, 2008
  8. Petr BaudisJul 17, 2008
  9. Documentation/git-submodule.txt: Further clarify the descriptionPetr Baudis, Jul 17, 2008
  10. Heikki OrsilaJul 17, 2008
  11. Junio C HamanoJul 17, 2008
  12. Petr BaudisJul 18, 2008
  13. Documentation/git-submodule.txt: Further clarify the descriptionPetr Baudis, Jul 18, 2008

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