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> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
> Cc: stephen_leake@stephe-leake.org,  phillip.lord@russet.org.uk,
>   emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2021 11:14:26 -0500
> 
> >>    git submodule add -b elpa/ada-mode .../emacs.git where/I/want/to/put/it
> >
> > AFAIU, "add -b" names a branch in the repository _from_which_ we add
> > (i.e. the upstream), which in this case is elpa.git.
> 
> Read again: there's no "elpa.git" in the command above.

Please humor me with a more detailed response.  This is confusing
enough without extra riddles.

If elpa.git is not in the frame, then how did elpa/ada-mode wind up in
emacs.git?