also sprach Sven Verdoolaege <skimo@xxxxxxxxxx> [2007.08.21.2225 +0200]: > > FILES > > I'm not sure this is the most appropriate name for this section. I was pondering this as well. BASIC CONCEPT might be better. > > Users who clone the project's repository need to initialize each > > submodule before they can work with it. By initializing > > I suppose this is implicit in the git submodule man page, It wasn't to me; that's why I am doing all this. Anyway, when it comes to documentation, I don't think redundancy needs to be avoided as much as otherwise, don't you agree? > but this is only true if you actually want to use git submodule to > work with the submodules. Is it? I tried this and after cloning a repo with submodules, it created the submodule directories alright, but it did not actually check them out/populate them, so they were empty. > > a submodule, the submodule's url is copied from the > > .gitmodules > > As I mentioned before, this is not strictly true. (see init::) You're missing something like "... unless the submodule is already registered, in which case it won't be overwritten", right? > > By pulling the submodule urls out of $GIT_DIR/config, > > git-submodule allows contributors to use different urls (e.g. > > via > > I'm not a native speaker, but to me that sounds like you are _not_ > using the urls in $GIT_DIR/config. That is, I read that as: they > are pulled out of $GIT_DIR/config (and then placed somewhere > else). Well, the sentence says what I wanted to say, but you're absolutely right in that it could be improved. Something like Since git-submodule uses the urls in $GIT_DIR/config, which is a local configuration file, contributers are free to use urls different from the default (e.g. via ssh for those with accounts). > Other than that, it's definitely an improvement. Thanks, -- martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) \____ echo mailto: !#^."<*>"|tr "<*> mailto:"; net@madduck "i like young girls. their stories are shorter." -- tom mcguane spamtraps: madduck.bogus@xxxxxxxxxxx
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