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Re: [PATCH/RFC] Documentation: Say that submodule clones use a separate gitdirs.

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Mar 7, 2014, 22:19 UTC
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Andrew Keller <andrew@kellerfarm.com> writes:
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>> diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
>> index 21cb59a..ea837fd 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
>> +++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
> ...
> Also, this file contains mostly high-level documentation, and this
> addition feels technical in nature.  Is there a location for more
> technical documentation?  Or, perhaps it can be reworded to sound
> less technical?

I tend to agree that the new paragraph looked somewhat out of place and goes into a too low-level detail of the implementation.

The repository-layout documentation may be a better place for readers to learn what lives where inside $GIT_DIR.

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  1. Documentation: Say that submodule clones use a separate gitdirs.Henri GEIST, Mar 7, 2014
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  3. Junio C HamanoMar 7, 2014
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