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Re: Re: [PATCH 0/2] Add an update=none option for 'loose' submodules

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Heiko Voigt <hvoigt@hvoigt.net>
Date
Aug 22, 2011, 20:00 UTC
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<20110822200052.GC11745@sandbox-rc>
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Hi,
On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 01:37:53PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Heiko Voigt <hvoigt@hvoigt.net> writes:
> 
> > On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 11:28:31AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> >> Heiko Voigt <hvoigt@hvoigt.net> writes:
> >> > We have been talking about loose submodules for some time:
> >> 
> >> Also before introducing a new terminology "loose submodule", please define
> >> it somewhere. It feels confusing to me that a normal submodule, which
> >> shouldn't be auto-cloned nor auto-updated without "submodule init", needs
> >> to be called by a name other than simply a "submodule" but with an
> >> adjuctive "loose submodule".
> >
> > Thats why I avoided talking about it in the docs. For the commit message
> > I thought it would be kind of intuitive but I can update the commit
> > message so that it becomes more clear.
> 
> That sounds like a good thing to do.

I discovered that I only talked in the cover letter about the term 'loose'. Since that will not go into any commit I guess we can keep the series this way?

Cheers Heiko
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Message 7 of 15 in “Add an update=none option for 'loose' submodules”
  1. 0/2 Add an update=none option for 'loose' submodulesHeiko Voigt, Aug 11, 2011
  2. 1/2 submodule: move update configuration variable further upHeiko Voigt, Aug 11, 2011
  3. 2/2 add update 'none' flag to disable update of submodule by defaultHeiko Voigt, Aug 11, 2011
  4. Junio C HamanoAug 11, 2011
  5. Heiko VoigtAug 11, 2011
  6. Junio C HamanoAug 15, 2011
  7. Heiko VoigtAug 22, 2011
  8. Junio C HamanoAug 22, 2011
  9. Heiko VoigtAug 23, 2011
  10. Jens LehmannAug 23, 2011
  11. Junio C HamanoAug 23, 2011
  12. Heiko VoigtAug 24, 2011
  13. Junio C HamanoAug 26, 2011
  14. Jens LehmannAug 26, 2011
  15. Heiko VoigtAug 24, 2011

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