From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Duy Nguyen Subject: Re: [PATCH 22/32] checkout: support checking out into a new working directory Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2014 21:19:29 +0700 Message-ID: References: <1409387642-24492-1-git-send-email-pclouds@gmail.com> <1409387642-24492-23-git-send-email-pclouds@gmail.com> <70985AC885404243A2B95F534083A0E9@PhilipOakley> <64D6AA311E524C27A8B6EDE7A63489D7@PhilipOakley> <5405D983.3050707@xiplink.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: Git Mailing List , Philip Oakley To: Junio C Hamano , Marc Branchaud X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Thu Sep 04 16:20:14 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XPXtT-0002Px-NQ for gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org; Thu, 04 Sep 2014 16:20:12 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751354AbaIDOUD (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Sep 2014 10:20:03 -0400 Received: from mail-ig0-f175.google.com ([209.85.213.175]:54965 "EHLO mail-ig0-f175.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751004AbaIDOUB (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Sep 2014 10:20:01 -0400 Received: by mail-ig0-f175.google.com with SMTP id uq10so1153493igb.2 for ; Thu, 04 Sep 2014 07:20:00 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; bh=6du+qi/JR0p6P3XJ4aIX2kC9FZaanczwGE3AnwS6tWU=; b=Yv2zSgPZ4llyvyHAoxKaekb8MJ3+C3KLVjg5bptf1xBXx9f3LyV9w1266Tpp+E+hsB D3A3W5dXgxPjJx6n+OvDwsi+gIgrU+bYj54FY7OjNj3myxFwbu8qPEaOtb6/wNM5hQpM RSFy/wQHtF/qndlFxH6wr6I2V+wyygUtraQpi6/1Yxq6FlRDRdmhpv1Ud88qV8U316Bn KN9fee6G4f/eaI2uU9Wy5paBULJWBw4CAztPVHeaEfGdOt0un4E7A7LlELUPMxEHEUK2 x1XMGU2sD+/V9AyfuROWgrFkZjnuRXq33yAfAI3bN7pzbS0UrH4YinMjLZSaJqHs4+OJ yd6g== X-Received: by 10.50.61.145 with SMTP id p17mr7227452igr.41.1409840399349; Thu, 04 Sep 2014 07:19:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.107.3.152 with HTTP; Thu, 4 Sep 2014 07:19:29 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 12:33 AM, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Marc Branchaud writes: > >> On 14-09-02 08:27 AM, Duy Nguyen wrote: >>> After reading this "multiple checkout mode" in git-checkout.txt, I'm >>> tempted to rewrite it like this. I think the example makes it clearer >>> what I mean. If nobody has any comments, I'm going to send v2 with >>> this (and other comments collected so far) >> >> Overall I think focusing on the word "checkout" for this feature makes the >> documentation confusing. It's also not a "mode" but just another git >> feature. Since this is all about multiple working directories (the phrase is >> actually "working tree" in the existing docs) we should just stick to that >> rather than introduce new terminology. >> >> Finally, a bit of bikeshedding, but I think "$GIT_DIR/repos" is also an >> unfortunate choice and that "$GIT_DIR/worktrees" would be better. > > I tried to stay away from bikeshedding, but a good phrasing is > important. I think $GIT_DIR/worktrees captures what they are trying > to represent better in that they are not storing repository > information, but they are about storing per-worktree state. Good thing this topic is in pu. Will s/repos/worktrees/ then. >> So I suggest the following for the new section: Will replace my text with yours. Thanks. -- Duy