diff options
| author |  Brandon Williams <bmwill@google.com> | 2017-03-17 15:38:03 -0700 |
|---|---|---|
| committer |  Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2017-03-18 09:51:23 -0700 |
| commit | bb62e0a99fcbb9ceb03502bf2168d2e57530214f (patch) | |
| tree | d45228e337ba9678e6cec92d5c5c409bf7e6eaa2 /Documentation | |
| parent | submodule init: initialize active submodules (diff) | |
| download | tgif-bb62e0a99fcbb9ceb03502bf2168d2e57530214f.tar.xz | |
clone: teach --recurse-submodules to optionally take a pathspec
Teach clone --recurse-submodules to optionally take a pathspec argument
which describes which submodules should be recursively initialized and
cloned. If no pathspec is provided, --recurse-submodules will
recursively initialize and clone all submodules by using a default
pathspec of ".". In order to construct more complex pathspecs,
--recurse-submodules can be given multiple times.
This also configures the 'submodule.active' configuration option to be
the given pathspec, such that any future invocation of `git submodule
update` will keep up with the pathspec.
Additionally the switch '--recurse' is removed from the Documentation as
well as marked hidden in the options array, to streamline the options
for submodules. A simple '--recurse' doesn't convey what is being
recursed, e.g. it could mean directories or trees (c.f. ls-tree) In a
lot of other commands we already have '--recurse-submodules' to mean
recursing into submodules, so advertise this spelling here as the
genuine option.
Signed-off-by: Brandon Williams <bmwill@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-clone.txt | 14 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt index 35cc34b2fb..30052cce49 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ SYNOPSIS [-o <name>] [-b <name>] [-u <upload-pack>] [--reference <repository>] [--dissociate] [--separate-git-dir <git dir>] [--depth <depth>] [--[no-]single-branch] - [--recursive | --recurse-submodules] [--[no-]shallow-submodules] + [--recurse-submodules] [--[no-]shallow-submodules] [--jobs <n>] [--] <repository> [<directory>] DESCRIPTION @@ -215,10 +215,14 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository. branch when `--single-branch` clone was made, no remote-tracking branch is created. ---recursive:: ---recurse-submodules:: - After the clone is created, initialize all submodules within, - using their default settings. This is equivalent to running +--recurse-submodules[=<pathspec]:: + After the clone is created, initialize and clone submodules + within based on the provided pathspec. If no pathspec is + provided, all submodules are initialized and cloned. + Submodules are initialized and cloned using their default + settings. The resulting clone has `submodule.active` set to + the provided pathspec, or "." (meaning all submodules) if no + pathspec is provided. This is equivalent to running `git submodule update --init --recursive` immediately after the clone is finished. This option is ignored if the cloned repository does not have a worktree/checkout (i.e. if any of |