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[PATCH] Documentation: consolidate submodule.<name>.update

From
Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
Date
Sep 25, 2017, 19:10 UTC
Message-ID
<20170925191011.29863-1-sbeller@google.com>
In-Reply-To
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Have one place to explain the effects of setting submodule.<name>.update instead of two.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
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>> I disagree.  Actually, I think the git-config(1) blurb could just
>> point here, and that the text here ought to be clear about what
>> commands it affects and how an end user would use it.
>
> I tend to agree with the consolidation.
Something like this?
 Documentation/config.txt     |  9 +--------
 Documentation/gitmodules.txt | 20 +++++++++++---------
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 1ac0ae6adb..0d5a296b6c 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -3085,14 +3085,7 @@ submodule.<name>.url::
 	See linkgit:git-submodule[1] and linkgit:gitmodules[5] for details.
 
 submodule.<name>.update::
-	The method by which a submodule is updated by 'git submodule update',
-	which is the only affected command, others such as
-	'git checkout --recurse-submodules' are unaffected. It exists for
-	historical reasons, when 'git submodule' was the only command to
-	interact with submodules; settings like `submodule.active`
-	and `pull.rebase` are more specific. It is populated by
-	`git submodule init` from the linkgit:gitmodules[5] file.
-	See description of 'update' command in linkgit:git-submodule[1].
+	See `submodule.<name>.update` in linkgit:gitmodules[5].
 
 submodule.<name>.branch::
 	The remote branch name for a submodule, used by `git submodule
diff --git a/Documentation/gitmodules.txt b/Documentation/gitmodules.txt
index db5d47eb19..d156dee387 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitmodules.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitmodules.txt
@@ -38,15 +38,17 @@ submodule.<name>.url::
 In addition, there are a number of optional keys:
 
 submodule.<name>.update::
-	Defines the default update procedure for the named submodule,
-	i.e. how the submodule is updated by "git submodule update"
-	command in the superproject. This is only used by `git
-	submodule init` to initialize the configuration variable of
-	the same name. Allowed values here are 'checkout', 'rebase',
-	'merge' or 'none'. See description of 'update' command in
-	linkgit:git-submodule[1] for their meaning. Note that the
-	'!command' form is intentionally ignored here for security
-	reasons.
+	The method by which a submodule is updated by 'git submodule update',
+	which is the only affected command, others such as
+	'git checkout --recurse-submodules' are unaffected. It exists for
+	historical reasons, when 'git submodule' was the only command to
+	interact with submodules; settings like `submodule.active`
+	and `pull.rebase` are more specific. It is copied to the config
+	by `git submodule init` from the .gitmodules file.
+	Allowed values here are 'checkout', 'rebase', 'merge' or 'none'.
+	See description of 'update' command in linkgit:git-submodule[1]
+	for their meaning. Note that the '!command' form is intentionally
+	ignored here for security reasons.
 
 submodule.<name>.branch::
 	A remote branch name for tracking updates in the upstream submodule.
-- 
2.14.0.rc0.3.g6c2e499285
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Message 6 of 12 in “Documentation/config: clarify the meaning of submodule.<name>.update”
  1. Documentation/config: clarify the meaning of submodule.<name>.updateStefan Beller, Sep 22, 2017
  2. Jonathan NiederSep 22, 2017
  3. [PATCHv2] Documentation/config: clarify the meaning of submodule.<name>.updateStefan Beller, Sep 22, 2017
  4. Jonathan NiederSep 22, 2017
  5. Junio C HamanoSep 23, 2017
  6. Documentation: consolidate submodule.<name>.updateStefan Beller, Sep 25, 2017
  7. Brandon WilliamsSep 25, 2017
  8. Stefan BellerSep 25, 2017
  9. Jonathan NiederSep 25, 2017
  10. Stefan BellerSep 25, 2017
  11. Jonathan NiederSep 25, 2017
  12. Junio C HamanoSep 26, 2017

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