From: Heikki Orsila Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:37:29 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation/git-submodule.txt: Further clarify the description Message-ID: <20080717133729.GF4379@zakalwe.fi> In-Reply-To: <20080717122911.32334.73465.stgit@localhost> On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 02:29:20PM +0200, Petr Baudis wrote: > +Submodules allow foreign repositories to be embedded within a dedicated > +subdirectory of the source tree, always pointed at a particular commit. > +They are not to be confused with remotes, which are meant mainly for branches > +of the same project; submodules are meant for different projects you would like > +to make part of your source tree, while the history of the two projects still > +stays completely independent and you cannot modify the contents of the > +submodule from within the main project. That is nice, thanks! -- Heikki Orsila heikki.orsila@iki.fi http://www.iki.fi/shd