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| author |  Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2016-05-31 14:09:46 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2016-05-31 14:09:46 -0700 |
| commit | 3296e1a93a4540e083ffe28710d3601da95f06b5 (patch) | |
| tree | 9e4a76051e275e004aeac60abaab164d8cb9abde /Documentation | |
| parent | Merge branch 'bn/http-cookiefile-config' into maint (diff) | |
| parent | submodule deinit: require '--all' instead of '.' for all submodules (diff) | |
| download | tgif-3296e1a93a4540e083ffe28710d3601da95f06b5.tar.xz | |
Merge branch 'sb/submodule-deinit-all' into maint
Correct faulty recommendation to use "git submodule deinit ." when
de-initialising all submodules, which would result in a strange
error message in a pathological corner case.
* sb/submodule-deinit-all:
submodule deinit: require '--all' instead of '.' for all submodules
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-submodule.txt | 19 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt index 1572f058f5..ad851838cc 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ SYNOPSIS [--reference <repository>] [--depth <depth>] [--] <repository> [<path>] 'git submodule' [--quiet] status [--cached] [--recursive] [--] [<path>...] 'git submodule' [--quiet] init [--] [<path>...] -'git submodule' [--quiet] deinit [-f|--force] [--] <path>... +'git submodule' [--quiet] deinit [-f|--force] (--all|[--] <path>...) 'git submodule' [--quiet] update [--init] [--remote] [-N|--no-fetch] [-f|--force] [--rebase|--merge] [--reference <repository>] [--depth <depth>] [--recursive] [--] [<path>...] @@ -140,12 +140,15 @@ deinit:: tree. Further calls to `git submodule update`, `git submodule foreach` and `git submodule sync` will skip any unregistered submodules until they are initialized again, so use this command if you don't want to - have a local checkout of the submodule in your work tree anymore. If + have a local checkout of the submodule in your working tree anymore. If you really want to remove a submodule from the repository and commit that use linkgit:git-rm[1] instead. + -If `--force` is specified, the submodule's work tree will be removed even if -it contains local modifications. +When the command is run without pathspec, it errors out, +instead of deinit-ing everything, to prevent mistakes. ++ +If `--force` is specified, the submodule's working tree will +be removed even if it contains local modifications. update:: + @@ -247,6 +250,10 @@ OPTIONS --quiet:: Only print error messages. +--all:: + This option is only valid for the deinit command. Unregister all + submodules in the working tree. + -b:: --branch:: Branch of repository to add as submodule. @@ -257,8 +264,8 @@ OPTIONS --force:: This option is only valid for add, deinit and update commands. When running add, allow adding an otherwise ignored submodule path. - When running deinit the submodule work trees will be removed even if - they contain local changes. + When running deinit the submodule working trees will be removed even + if they contain local changes. When running update (only effective with the checkout procedure), throw away local changes in submodules when switching to a different commit; and always run a checkout operation in the |