Re: [PATCH/RFC] Documentation: Say that submodule clones use a separate gitdirs.

2014-03-10 Thread Junio C Hamano
Henri GEIST writes: > Le lundi 10 mars 2014 à 08:31 -0700, Junio C Hamano a écrit : > ... >> This is not limited to submodules. There are multiple lower-level >> mechanisms for a $path/.git to borrow the repository data from >> elsewhere outside of $path and a cloned submodule uses only one of >

Re: [PATCH/RFC] Documentation: Say that submodule clones use a separate gitdirs.

2014-03-10 Thread Henri GEIST
Le lundi 10 mars 2014 à 08:31 -0700, Junio C Hamano a écrit : > Andrew Keller writes: > > > On Mar 7, 2014, at 7:50 PM, Henri GEIST wrote: > > ... > >> To give one of my project to someone else I have copied it on a USB key. > >> By a simple drag and drop with the mouse. > >> And I am quite sure

Re: [PATCH/RFC] Documentation: Say that submodule clones use a separate gitdirs.

2014-03-10 Thread Junio C Hamano
Andrew Keller writes: > On Mar 7, 2014, at 7:50 PM, Henri GEIST wrote: > ... >> To give one of my project to someone else I have copied it on a USB key. >> By a simple drag and drop with the mouse. >> And I am quite sure I am not alone doing this way. >> >> I have done those kind of things lot o

Re: [PATCH/RFC] Documentation: Say that submodule clones use a separate gitdirs.

2014-03-10 Thread Henri GEIST
Le dimanche 09 mars 2014 à 19:24 -0400, Andrew Keller a écrit : > On Mar 7, 2014, at 7:50 PM, Henri GEIST wrote: > > Le vendredi 07 mars 2014 à 15:37 -0800, Junio C Hamano a écrit : > >> Henri GEIST writes: > >> > >>> This information is technical in nature but has some importance for > >>> gene

Re: [PATCH/RFC] Documentation: Say that submodule clones use a separate gitdirs.

2014-03-09 Thread Andrew Keller
On Mar 7, 2014, at 7:50 PM, Henri GEIST wrote: > Le vendredi 07 mars 2014 à 15:37 -0800, Junio C Hamano a écrit : >> Henri GEIST writes: >> >>> This information is technical in nature but has some importance for general >>> users. >>> As this kind of clone have a separate gitdir, you will have a

Re: [PATCH/RFC] Documentation: Say that submodule clones use a separate gitdirs.

2014-03-07 Thread Henri GEIST
Le vendredi 07 mars 2014 à 15:37 -0800, Junio C Hamano a écrit : > Henri GEIST writes: > > > This information is technical in nature but has some importance for general > > users. > > As this kind of clone have a separate gitdir, you will have a surprise if > > you > > copy past the worktree as

Re: [PATCH/RFC] Documentation: Say that submodule clones use a separate gitdirs.

2014-03-07 Thread Junio C Hamano
Henri GEIST writes: > This information is technical in nature but has some importance for general > users. > As this kind of clone have a separate gitdir, you will have a surprise if you > copy past the worktree as the gitdir will not come together. I am not sure if I understand exactly what yo

Re: [PATCH/RFC] Documentation: Say that submodule clones use a separate gitdirs.

2014-03-07 Thread Henri GEIST
Le vendredi 07 mars 2014 à 16:42 -0500, Andrew Keller a écrit : > On Mar 7, 2014, at 2:53 AM, Henri GEIST wrote: > > > Adding a note in the submodule documentation signaling that the > > automatically cloned missing submodules are cloned with a separate > > gitdir. And where it is put. > > > > S

Re: [PATCH/RFC] Documentation: Say that submodule clones use a separate gitdirs.

2014-03-07 Thread Junio C Hamano
Andrew Keller writes: >> diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt >> b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt >> index 21cb59a..ea837fd 100644 >> --- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt >> +++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt > ... > Also, this file contains mostly high-level documentation, and this

Re: [PATCH/RFC] Documentation: Say that submodule clones use a separate gitdirs.

2014-03-07 Thread Andrew Keller
On Mar 7, 2014, at 2:53 AM, Henri GEIST wrote: > Adding a note in the submodule documentation signaling that the > automatically cloned missing submodules are cloned with a separate > gitdir. And where it is put. > > Signed-off-by: Henri GEIST > --- > Documentation/git-submodule.txt |5

[PATCH/RFC] Documentation: Say that submodule clones use a separate gitdirs.

2014-03-06 Thread Henri GEIST
Adding a note in the submodule documentation signaling that the automatically cloned missing submodules are cloned with a separate gitdir. And where it is put. Signed-off-by: Henri GEIST --- Documentation/git-submodule.txt |5 + 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation