From: Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org>
Date: Fri, 22 May 2015 06:59:56 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] submodule documentation: Reorder introductory paragraphs
Message-ID: <6259B4241C4241D8A9104D3A49C36957@PhilipOakley>
In-Reply-To: <CAGZ79kZ5yxG7k++9QFRhnb=6A3HD64Kz3_B9UBrHA+Akht8tZw@mail.gmail.com>

From: "Stefan Beller" <sbeller@google.com>
> On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 1:03 PM, Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org> 
> wrote:
>>> +Submodules are not to be confused with remotes, which are meant
>>> +mainly for branches of the same project;
>>
>>
>> This use of 'branches' didn't work for me. "remotes are meant mainly 
>> for
>> branches of the same project" ?
>>
>
> Maybe
>
>    Submodules should not be confused with remote repositories, which 
> are
>    meant to track the same repository, just at another location; ...
>
> ? Though I'm not yet completely happy with that either.
>

I like that better. I was going to check what the git glossary said a 
remote was, but the commute to work beckons...

Philip