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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Petr Baudis <pasky@suse.cz>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation/git-submodule.txt: Add Description section
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 07:06:25 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <7vprpf44ym.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080715102119.26321.78530.stgit@localhost> (Petr Baudis's message of "Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:22:07 +0200")

Petr Baudis <pasky@suse.cz> writes:

> Figuring out how submodules work conceptually is quite a bumpy
> ride for a newcomer; the user manual helps (if one knows to actually
> look into it), but the reference documentation should provide good
> quick intro as well. This patch attempts to do that.

Good discussion starter, I think.  There seem to be a few technical
inaccuracies though.

I'll wait until the people interested in submodules on the list form
consensus on the wording and contents.

  reply	other threads:[~2008-07-15 14:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-07-15 10:22 [PATCH] Documentation/git-submodule.txt: Add Description section Petr Baudis
2008-07-15 14:06 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2008-07-15 18:37 ` Heikki Orsila
2008-07-16 18:44   ` [PATCHv2] " Petr Baudis
2008-07-16 19:15     ` Kalle Olavi Niemitalo
2008-07-16 19:29     ` Junio C Hamano
2008-07-17 12:18       ` Petr Baudis
2008-07-17 12:29         ` [PATCH] Documentation/git-submodule.txt: Further clarify the description Petr Baudis
2008-07-17 13:37           ` Heikki Orsila
2008-07-17 20:24           ` Junio C Hamano
2008-07-18 13:36             ` Petr Baudis
2008-07-18 13:40               ` Petr Baudis
2008-07-17 10:41     ` [PATCHv2] Documentation/git-submodule.txt: Add Description section Heikki Orsila

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