Re: [PATCH v4 6/6] Documentation: Describe 'submodule update' modes in detail

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"W. Trevor King" <wking@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

>> A naïve expectation from a casual reader of the above would be "The
>> superproject's tree ought to point at the same commit as the tip of
>> the branch used in the submodule (modulo mirroring delays and
>> somesuch),
>
> What is the branch used in the submodule?  The remote subproject's
> current submodule.<name>.branch?  The local submodule's
> submodule.<name>.branch (or localBranch) branch?  The submodule's
> current HEAD?

They are good questions that such casual readers would have, and
giving answers to them in this part of the documentation would be a
good way to give them a clear picture of how the command is designed
to be used.
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