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diff --git a/Documentation/Makefile b/Documentation/Makefile index 9cef4806d1..2ad18e0ac3 100644 --- a/Documentation/Makefile +++ b/Documentation/Makefile @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ MAN1_TXT= \ $(filter-out $(addsuffix .txt, $(ARTICLES) $(SP_ARTICLES)), \ $(wildcard git-*.txt)) \ gitk.txt -MAN5_TXT=gitattributes.txt gitignore.txt +MAN5_TXT=gitattributes.txt gitignore.txt gitmodules.txt MAN7_TXT=git.txt DOC_HTML=$(patsubst %.txt,%.html,$(MAN1_TXT) $(MAN5_TXT) $(MAN7_TXT)) diff --git a/Documentation/gitmodules.txt b/Documentation/gitmodules.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..7814b6af6b --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/gitmodules.txt @@ -0,0 +1,62 @@ +gitmodules(5) +============= + +NAME +---- +gitmodules - defining submodule properties + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +.gitmodules + + +DESCRIPTION +----------- + +The `.gitmodules` file, located in the top-level directory of a git +working tree, is a text file with a syntax matching the requirements +of gitlink:git-config[1]. + +The file contains one subsection per submodule, and the subsection value +is the name of the submodule. Each submodule section also contains the +following required keys: + +submodule.<name>.path:: + Defines the path, relative to the top-level directory of the git + working tree, where the submodule is expected to be checked out. + The path name must not end with a `/`. All submodule paths must + be unique within the .gitmodules file. + +submodule.<name>.url:: + Defines an url from where the submodule repository can be cloned. + + +EXAMPLES +-------- + +Consider the following .gitmodules file: + + [submodule "libfoo"] + path = include/foo + url = git://foo.com/git/lib.git + + [submodule "libbar"] + path = include/bar + url = git://bar.com/git/lib.git + + +This defines two submodules, `libfoo` and `libbar`. These are expected to +be checked out in the paths 'include/foo' and 'include/bar', and for both +submodules an url is specified which can be used for cloning the submodules. + +SEE ALSO +-------- +gitlink:git-submodule[1] gitlink:git-config[1] + +DOCUMENTATION +------------- +Documentation by Lars Hjemli <hjemli@gmail.com> + +GIT +--- +Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite |