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Re: [PATCHv2] submodules: overhaul documentation

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jun 22, 2017, 20:20 UTC
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Brandon Williams <bmwill@google.com> writes:
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> On 06/20, Stefan Beller wrote:
> ...
>> +The configuration of submodules
>> +-------------------------------
>> +
>> +Submodule operations can be configured using the following mechanisms
>> +(from highest to lowest precedence):
>> +
>> + * the command line for those commands that support taking submodule specs.
>> +
>> + * the configuration file `$GIT_DIR/config` in the superproject.
>> +
>> + * the `.gitmodules` file inside the superproject. A project usually
>> +   includes this file to suggest defaults for the upstream collection
>> +   of repositories.
>
> I dislike this last point.  Realistically we don't want this right?  So
> perhaps we shouldn't include it?

I am not sure if I follow. Without .gitmodules, how would you, as a downstream developer, bootstrap the whole thing?

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  1. submodules: overhaul documentationStefan Beller, Jun 7, 2017
  2. Junio C HamanoJun 13, 2017
  3. Stefan BellerJun 13, 2017
  4. Brandon WilliamsJun 19, 2017
  5. Stefan BellerJun 20, 2017
  6. Jonathan TanJun 20, 2017
  7. Stefan BellerJun 20, 2017
  8. [PATCHv2] submodules: overhaul documentationStefan Beller, Jun 20, 2017
  9. Jonathan TanJun 21, 2017
  10. Stefan BellerJun 21, 2017
  11. Brandon WilliamsJun 22, 2017
  12. Stefan BellerJun 22, 2017
  13. Junio C HamanoJun 22, 2017
  14. Stefan BellerJun 22, 2017
  15. Brandon WilliamsJun 22, 2017
  16. Stefan BellerJun 22, 2017
  17. [PATCHv3] submodules: overhaul documentationStefan Beller, Jun 22, 2017

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