From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.8 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, INCLUDES_PATCH,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F00CC3F2C6 for ; Tue, 3 Mar 2020 22:56:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E39C3206E6 for ; Tue, 3 Mar 2020 22:56:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728358AbgCCW4x (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Mar 2020 17:56:53 -0500 Received: from cpanel7.indieserve.net ([199.212.143.8]:32832 "EHLO cpanel7.indieserve.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727026AbgCCW4x (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Mar 2020 17:56:53 -0500 Received: from cpef81d0f814063-cmf81d0f814060.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com ([174.114.57.56]:56228 helo=localhost.localdomain) by cpanel7.indieserve.net with esmtpsa (TLS1.2) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.93) (envelope-from ) id 1j9Ff7-00CGPS-B1; Tue, 03 Mar 2020 17:05:13 -0500 Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2020 17:05:10 -0500 (EST) From: "Robert P. J. Day" X-X-Sender: rpjday@localhost.localdomain To: Junio C Hamano cc: Damien Robert , git@vger.kernel.org, Philippe Blain , Damien Robert Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/5] doc: explain how to deactivate recurse.submodule completely In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <20200228103558.1684937-1-damien.olivier.robert+git@gmail.com> <20200303170740.1879432-1-damien.olivier.robert+git@gmail.com> <20200303170740.1879432-4-damien.olivier.robert+git@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-OutGoing-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - cpanel7.indieserve.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - crashcourse.ca X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: cpanel7.indieserve.net: authenticated_id: rpjday+crashcourse.ca/only user confirmed/virtual account not confirmed X-Authenticated-Sender: cpanel7.indieserve.net: rpjday@crashcourse.ca X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 3 Mar 2020, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Damien Robert writes: > > > Signed-off-by: Damien Robert > > --- > > Documentation/config/submodule.txt | 7 +++++++ > > 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) > > > > diff --git a/Documentation/config/submodule.txt b/Documentation/config/submodule.txt > > index 5962f41ead..74e691a487 100644 > > --- a/Documentation/config/submodule.txt > > +++ b/Documentation/config/submodule.txt > > @@ -63,6 +63,13 @@ submodule.recurse:: > > (`checkout`, `fetch`, `grep`, `pull`, `push`, `read-tree`, `reset`, > > `restore` and `switch`) except `clone` and `ls-files`. > > Defaults to false. > > + When set to true, it can be deactivated by calling > > + `--no-recurse-submodules`. Note that some Git commands without this > > You do not "call" an option [*1*]. Perhaps "... can be overriden by > passing the `--no-recurse-submodules` option from the command line." nooooooo ... my biggest gripe with documentation is the unnecessary use of superfluous words. :-) simply, "can be deactivated via the '--no-recurse-submodules' option." no one here's getting paid by the word. rday