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| author |  Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2014-03-14 14:26:58 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2014-03-14 14:26:58 -0700 |
| commit | d73e6160031e1753c81cf0d72b0f9525cf93dca0 (patch) | |
| tree | 47ac2177ab0356cd62bfc6796b5500e141bbca54 /Documentation/git-submodule.txt | |
| parent | Merge branch 'jk/doc-coding-guideline' (diff) | |
| parent | submodule update: consistently document the '--checkout' option (diff) | |
| download | tgif-d73e6160031e1753c81cf0d72b0f9525cf93dca0.tar.xz | |
Merge branch 'jl/doc-submodule-update-checkout'
Add missing documentation for "submodule update --checkout".
* jl/doc-submodule-update-checkout:
submodule update: consistently document the '--checkout' option
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-submodule.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-submodule.txt | 11 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt index 21cb59a6d6..46c1eebb93 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ SYNOPSIS 'git submodule' [--quiet] init [--] [<path>...] 'git submodule' [--quiet] deinit [-f|--force] [--] <path>... 'git submodule' [--quiet] update [--init] [--remote] [-N|--no-fetch] - [-f|--force] [--rebase|--merge|--checkout] [--reference <repository>] + [-f|--force] [--checkout|--rebase|--merge] [--reference <repository>] [--depth <depth>] [--recursive] [--] [<path>...] 'git submodule' [--quiet] summary [--cached|--files] [(-n|--summary-limit) <n>] [commit] [--] [<path>...] @@ -315,6 +315,15 @@ the submodule itself. This option is only valid for the update command. Don't fetch new objects from the remote site. +--checkout:: + This option is only valid for the update command. + Checkout the commit recorded in the superproject on a detached HEAD + in the submodule. This is the default behavior, the main use of + this option is to override `submodule.$name.update` when set to + `merge`, `rebase` or `none`. + If the key `submodule.$name.update` is either not explicitly set or + set to `checkout`, this option is implicit. + --merge:: This option is only valid for the update command. Merge the commit recorded in the superproject into the current branch |