Re: [PATCH] gitmodules.txt: fix 'GIT_WORK_TREE' variable name

From: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Date: Jan 2, 2021, 22:09 UTC
Message-ID: <5ff0ef1332a66_a76d2086d@natae.notmuch>
In-Reply-To: <CAN0heSqC3K6pJOr2ztz56+ZpKaMomA28rc4W5x8n0cC3K-rVgQ@mail.gmail.com>

Martin Ågren wrote:

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> On Sat, 2 Jan 2021 at 20:39, Philippe Blain via GitGitGadget
> <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > From: Philippe Blain <levraiphilippeblain@gmail.com>
> >
> > 'gitmodules.txt' is a guide about the '.gitmodules' file that describes
> > submodules properties, and that file must exist at the root of the
> > repository. This was clarified in e5b5c1d2cf (Document clarification:
> > gitmodules, gitattributes, 2008-08-31).
> >
> > However, that commit mistakenly uses the non-existing environment
> > variable 'GIT_WORK_DIR' to refer to the root of the repository.
> 
> Good catch! I wonder what we should conclude from this having gone
> unreported for so long.

That perhaps not that many people actually read the official documentation?

I've noticed the common response RTFM is not that common anymore. A lot of people seem to rely on Stack Overflow, blogs, and some semi-official documentation (GitHub, Atlassian, etc.).

Cheers.

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Felipe Contreras