Re: [PATCH] Documentation: consolidate submodule..update

2017-09-25 Thread Junio C Hamano
Brandon Williams writes: >> +The method by which a submodule is updated by 'git submodule update', >> +which is the only affected command, others such as >> +'git checkout --recurse-submodules' are unaffected. It exists for >> +historical reasons, when 'git

Re: [PATCH] Documentation: consolidate submodule..update

2017-09-25 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Stefan Beller wrote: > By as-is I refer to origin/pu. Ah, okay. I'm not in that habit because pu frequently loses topics --- it's mostly useful as a tool to (1) distribute topic branches and (2) check whether they are compatible with each other. [...] > On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 3:22 PM,

Re: [PATCH] Documentation: consolidate submodule..update

2017-09-25 Thread Stefan Beller
On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 3:22 PM, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > Stefan Beller wrote: >> On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 12:17 PM, Brandon Williams wrote: >>> On 09/25, Stefan Beller wrote: > Have one place to explain the effects of setting submodule..update

Re: [PATCH] Documentation: consolidate submodule..update

2017-09-25 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Stefan Beller wrote: > On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 12:17 PM, Brandon Williams wrote: >> On 09/25, Stefan Beller wrote: >>> Have one place to explain the effects of setting submodule..update >>> instead of two. >>> >>> Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller >>> --- >

Re: [PATCH] Documentation: consolidate submodule..update

2017-09-25 Thread Stefan Beller
On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 12:17 PM, Brandon Williams wrote: > On 09/25, Stefan Beller wrote: >> Have one place to explain the effects of setting submodule..update >> instead of two. >> >> Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller >> --- >> >> I disagree. Actually, I

Re: [PATCH] Documentation: consolidate submodule..update

2017-09-25 Thread Brandon Williams
On 09/25, Stefan Beller wrote: > Have one place to explain the effects of setting submodule..update > instead of two. > > Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller > --- > >> I disagree. Actually, I think the git-config(1) blurb could just > >> point here, and that the text here ought to

[PATCH] Documentation: consolidate submodule..update

2017-09-25 Thread Stefan Beller
Have one place to explain the effects of setting submodule..update instead of two. Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller --- >> I disagree. Actually, I think the git-config(1) blurb could just >> point here, and that the text here ought to be clear about what >> commands it affects