Re: RFC: submodule terminology

[Johan Herland <johan@herland.net>]

On Sunday 20 May 2007, Martin Waitz wrote:
> hoi :)
> 
> I think we should agree to one name for what currently is named
> submodule / subproject / dirlink / gitlink.
> 
> Or use one name for the low-level plumbing (have a tree entry
> which points to another commit): dirlink or gitlink and another
> one for the high-level UI think: submodule or subproject.
> But then we should use those names consequently.
> 
> Oppinions?


For the high-level concept, "subproject" seems to me the best 
alternative. I think it is much better than "submodule" at 
describing that the subproject is a stand-alone project/repo in
itself.

As for the low-level concept, I personally prefer "gitlink", but 
I don't have any strong feelings. The fact that "gitlink" seems 
to already be used in the code (as in resolve_gitlink_ref() etc.), 
coupled with "dirlink" being somewhat ambiguous (i.e. may also be 
interpreted as "(sym)link to directory") makes the case for me.


Have fun!

...Johan

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