On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 12:33 AM, Junio C Hamano <[email protected]> wrote: > Marc Branchaud <[email protected]> writes: > >> On 14-09-02 08:27 AM, Duy Nguyen wrote: >>> After reading this "multiple checkout mode" in git-checkout.txt, I'm >>> tempted to rewrite it like this. I think the example makes it clearer >>> what I mean. If nobody has any comments, I'm going to send v2 with >>> this (and other comments collected so far) >> >> Overall I think focusing on the word "checkout" for this feature makes the >> documentation confusing. It's also not a "mode" but just another git >> feature. Since this is all about multiple working directories (the phrase is >> actually "working tree" in the existing docs) we should just stick to that >> rather than introduce new terminology. >> >> Finally, a bit of bikeshedding, but I think "$GIT_DIR/repos" is also an >> unfortunate choice and that "$GIT_DIR/worktrees" would be better. > > I tried to stay away from bikeshedding, but a good phrasing is > important. I think $GIT_DIR/worktrees captures what they are trying > to represent better in that they are not storing repository > information, but they are about storing per-worktree state.
Good thing this topic is in pu. Will s/repos/worktrees/ then. >> So I suggest the following for the new section: Will replace my text with yours. Thanks. -- Duy -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
