Re: [PATCH] documentation: clarify submodule..[url, path] variables

2016-10-10 Thread Junio C Hamano
Stefan Beller writes: >> Does it mean "never appears in .git/config, and when it appears it >> will not be used at all"? If so we shouldn't even list it here. > > I meant: > Git wont put it into .git/config on its own. If you really wanted to have > it there, you need to do

Re: [PATCH] documentation: clarify submodule..[url, path] variables

2016-10-10 Thread Stefan Beller
On Mon, Oct 10, 2016 at 11:09 AM, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Stefan Beller writes: >> submodule..path:: >> + The path within this project for a submodule. This variable is >> + kept in the .gitmodules file. See linkgit:git-submodule[1] and >> +

Re: [PATCH] documentation: clarify submodule..[url, path] variables

2016-10-10 Thread Junio C Hamano
Stefan Beller writes: > submodule..path:: > + The path within this project for a submodule. This variable is > + kept in the .gitmodules file. See linkgit:git-submodule[1] and > + linkgit:gitmodules[5] for details. What does it exactly mean to be "kept"? Does it

[PATCH] documentation: clarify submodule..[url, path] variables

2016-10-06 Thread Stefan Beller
Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller --- This was raised in the discussion of https://public-inbox.org/git/20161006193725.31553-1-sbel...@google.com/raw However this can go as a separate patch instead of adding it to the series. Thanks, Stefan Documentation/config.txt | 15