Re: [PATCH] git-submodule - Allow adding a submodule in-place

On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 10:06 AM, Mark Levedahl [off-list ref] wrote:

 +-r remote::
 +       Name of remote to use or define when working with relative submodules
 +       (i.e., submodules whose url is given relative to the top-level
 +       project). If this value is undefined, the top-level project's
 +       branch.<name>.remote is used, and if that is undefined the default
 +       "origin" is used. The remote will be defined in each relative
 +       submodule as needed by appending the relative url to the top level
 +       project's url. This option has no effect upon submodules defined
 +       using an absolute url: such project's are cloned using the default
 +       "origin," and are updated using the submodule's branch.<name>.remote
 +       machinery and defaulting to "origin."
 +

Is this part necessary?

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