From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.3 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI, RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F1B220986 for ; Wed, 19 Oct 2016 22:43:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755035AbcJSWnZ (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Oct 2016 18:43:25 -0400 Received: from pb-smtp2.pobox.com ([64.147.108.71]:60959 "EHLO sasl.smtp.pobox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751503AbcJSWnY (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Oct 2016 18:43:24 -0400 Received: from sasl.smtp.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp2.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C479147934; Wed, 19 Oct 2016 18:43:23 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; s=sasl; bh=dqOS5yND2C6Z0zhLayWyVwe99Pk=; b=hRcAPw r5MWk3j2dNEPA305KZF6QIMb75wqnHgwBmMvw48+vrNbzSypSTJ4ZuwkRA/br/zh VMlRf549MPZAUwikK4ohvI273JACtZVbWtJjrR0cypgTLvtQveCNXp0BEvrDWvH7 LChQcl98PXgaQLqcWRcET+9OixpaqBVkmOuqw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; q=dns; s=sasl; b=GFRBztQIrhMWT99Vjv816S0RvosJ6i+4 W8AIgJ9Ft+Z+32fIv3vTVITHONW37cDPJaDC/b6gSBfc9OFp9dXChQ2R6DDHC+tU gg7vJRJvhY01m0MeVr/3sjWVO/fEX2EVhpQnoEkXwfoU9ZsJzr3ughDAvLeznGBz /GcgI++FaR4= Received: from pb-smtp2.nyi.icgroup.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp2.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA4ED47932; Wed, 19 Oct 2016 18:43:23 -0400 (EDT) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [104.132.0.95]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pb-smtp2.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 317994792F; Wed, 19 Oct 2016 18:43:23 -0400 (EDT) From: Junio C Hamano To: Brandon Williams Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, sbeller@google.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] submodules: update documentaion for submodule branches References: <20161019204254.97659-1-bmwill@google.com> Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2016 15:43:20 -0700 In-Reply-To: (Junio C. Hamano's message of "Wed, 19 Oct 2016 14:42:28 -0700") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Pobox-Relay-ID: 70E6C8FA-964D-11E6-8298-3AB77A1B28F4-77302942!pb-smtp2.pobox.com Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Junio C Hamano writes: > Brandon Williams writes: > >> Update the documentaion for the the special value `.` to indicate that >> it signifies that the tracking branch in the submodule should be the >> same as the current branch in the superproject. > > Thanks. Will typofix while extending with info supplied by Stefan > like so: Ugh. Should have proof-read before sending it out. > 4d7bc52b17 ("submodule update: allow '.' for branch value", > 2016-08-03) adopted from Gerrit a feature to set "." as a special > value of "submodule..branch" in .gitmodules file to indicate > that it signifies that the tracking branch in the submodule should > be the same as the current branch in the superproject. ... in .gitmodules file to indicate that the tracking branch in the submodule should be ... "to indicate that it signifies that" was overly redundant.