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Author SHA1 Message Date
Kaartic Sivaraam
4f73a7f124 Doc/gitsubmodules: make some changes to improve readability and syntax
* Only mention porcelain commands in examples

* Split a sentence for better readability

* Add missing apostrophes

* Clearly specify the advantages of using submodules

* Avoid abbreviations

* Use "Git" consistently

* Improve readability of certain lines

* Clarify when a submodule is considered active

Helped-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Helped-by: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Kaartic Sivaraam <kaartic.sivaraam@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2018-01-16 11:34:34 -08:00
Stefan Beller
d48034551a submodules: overhaul documentation
This patch aims to detangle (a) the usage of `git-submodule`
from (b) the concept of submodules and (c) how the actual
implementation looks like, such as where they are configured
and (d) what the best practices are.

To do so, move the conceptual parts of the 'git-submodule'
man page to a new man page gitsubmodules(7). This new page
is just like gitmodules(5), gitattributes(5), gitcredentials(7),
gitnamespaces(7), gittutorial(7), which introduce a concept
rather than explaining a specific command.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-06-22 15:25:25 -07:00