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authorLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2009-12-06 22:40:16 -0800
committerLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2009-12-06 22:40:16 -0800
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
index 5ccdd18c89..4ef70c42eb 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
'git submodule' [--quiet] add [-b branch]
- [--reference <repository>] [--] <repository> <path>
+ [--reference <repository>] [--] <repository> [<path>]
'git submodule' [--quiet] status [--cached] [--recursive] [--] [<path>...]
'git submodule' [--quiet] init [--] [<path>...]
'git submodule' [--quiet] update [--init] [-N|--no-fetch] [--rebase]
@@ -69,7 +69,11 @@ add::
to the changeset to be committed next to the current
project: the current project is termed the "superproject".
+
-This requires two arguments: <repository> and <path>.
+This requires at least one argument: <repository>. The optional
+argument <path> is the relative location for the cloned submodule
+to exist in the superproject. If <path> is not given, the
+"humanish" part of the source repository is used ("repo" for
+"/path/to/repo.git" and "foo" for "host.xz:foo/.git").
+
<repository> is the URL of the new submodule's origin repository.
This may be either an absolute URL, or (if it begins with ./