[PATCH] link to gitmodules page at the beginning of git-submodule documentation

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This way the user does not have to scroll down to the bottom to find
it.

Signed-off-by: Heiko Voigt <hvoigt@xxxxxxxxxx>
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On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 09:30:12PM +0100, Philip Oakley wrote:
> From: "Heiko Voigt" <hvoigt@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2012 7:59 PM
>> This option was not yet described in the gitmodules documentation. We
>> only described it in the 'git submodule' command documentation but
>> gitmodules is the more natural place to look.
>
> The gitmodules documentation is only more natural if we tell (link) the 
> reader early in the submodule documentation. A link to gitmodules should 
> be provided in the third paragraph of Description where the .gitmodules 
> is introduced.
>
> Currently the gitmodules link is the last thing mentioned (i.e. 8 PgDn's for me).

The gitmodules documentation page describes all the options you can use
there so its by definition more natural. Yes I can see that a link to
gitmodules page could be provided earlier but thats a completely
different topic independent from my previous patch. Instead of
complaining how about providing a patch next time?

Anyway here we go...

 Documentation/git-submodule.txt | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
index c83a856..9e488c0 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ if you choose to go that route.
 Submodules are composed from a so-called `gitlink` tree entry
 in the main repository that refers to a particular commit object
 within the inner repository that is completely separate.
-A record in the `.gitmodules` file at the root of the source
-tree assigns a logical name to the submodule and describes
-the default URL the submodule shall be cloned from.
+A record in the `.gitmodules` (see linkgit:gitmodules[5]) file at the
+root of the source tree assigns a logical name to the submodule and
+describes the default URL the submodule shall be cloned from.
 The logical name can be used for overriding this URL within your
 local repository configuration (see 'submodule init').
 
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1.7.10.1.488.ga84c0c8

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