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Re: [PATCH 2/2] submodule: fix handling of supermodules with relative origin URLs

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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May 20, 2012, 05:16 UTC
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Jon Seymour <jon.seymour@gmail.com> writes:
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> On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 4:56 AM, Jens Lehmann <Jens.Lehmann@web.de> wrote:
>> Am 19.05.2012 06:40, schrieb Jon Seymour:
>>
>> Just a small nit: I'd prefer to replace the 4 occurrences of the term
>> "supermodule" with "superproject".
>
> Sure. I can't argue with precedent, of course, but I guess I was
> favouring the consistency in the suffixes used with sub and super.

We fairly consistently say (even outside the documentation---for example, listen to the TechTalk Linus gave in May 2007) "superproject" and never "supermodule". You can tell people who were not paying attention when they say "supermodule" ;-).

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Message 9 of 10 in “submodule: add tests for add,sync,init in presence of relative super origin URL”
  1. 1/2 submodule: add tests for add,sync,init in presence of relative super origin URLJon Seymour, May 19, 2012
  2. 2/2 submodule: fix handling of supermodules with relative origin URLsJon Seymour, May 19, 2012
  3. Jens LehmannMay 19, 2012
  4. Jon SeymourMay 19, 2012
  5. Jon SeymourMay 19, 2012
  6. Jon SeymourMay 19, 2012
  7. Jens LehmannMay 20, 2012
  8. Jon SeymourMay 20, 2012
  9. Junio C HamanoMay 20, 2012
  10. Consistently use "superproject" instead of "supermodule"Jens Lehmann, May 20, 2012

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