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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-submodule.txt7
-rwxr-xr-xgit-submodule.sh13
-rwxr-xr-xt/t7407-submodule-foreach.sh19
3 files changed, 36 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
index 326136a85b..55bbc4f930 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
'git submodule' [--quiet] status [--cached] [--] [<path>...]
'git submodule' [--quiet] init [--] [<path>...]
'git submodule' [--quiet] update [--init] [-N|--no-fetch] [--rebase]
- [--reference <repository>] [--merge] [--] [<path>...]
+ [--reference <repository>] [--merge] [--recursive] [--] [<path>...]
'git submodule' [--quiet] summary [--cached] [--summary-limit <n>] [commit] [--] [<path>...]
'git submodule' [--quiet] foreach [--recursive] <command>
'git submodule' [--quiet] sync [--] [<path>...]
@@ -122,6 +122,9 @@ update::
If the submodule is not yet initialized, and you just want to use the
setting as stored in .gitmodules, you can automatically initialize the
submodule with the --init option.
++
+If '--recursive' is specified, this command will recurse into the
+registered submodules, and update any nested submodules within.
summary::
Show commit summary between the given commit (defaults to HEAD) and
@@ -213,7 +216,7 @@ OPTIONS
for linkgit:git-clone[1]'s --reference and --shared options carefully.
--recursive::
- This option is only valid for the foreach command.
+ This option is only valid for foreach and update commands.
Traverse submodules recursively. The operation is performed not
only in the submodules of the current repo, but also
in any nested submodules inside those submodules (and so on).
diff --git a/git-submodule.sh b/git-submodule.sh
index c501b7eafa..d8b98ff88f 100755
--- a/git-submodule.sh
+++ b/git-submodule.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ dashless=$(basename "$0" | sed -e 's/-/ /')
USAGE="[--quiet] add [-b branch] [--reference <repository>] [--] <repository> <path>
or: $dashless [--quiet] status [--cached] [--] [<path>...]
or: $dashless [--quiet] init [--] [<path>...]
- or: $dashless [--quiet] update [--init] [-N|--no-fetch] [--rebase] [--reference <repository>] [--merge] [--] [<path>...]
+ or: $dashless [--quiet] update [--init] [-N|--no-fetch] [--rebase] [--reference <repository>] [--merge] [--recursive] [--] [<path>...]
or: $dashless [--quiet] summary [--cached] [--summary-limit <n>] [commit] [--] [<path>...]
or: $dashless [--quiet] foreach [--recursive] <command>
or: $dashless [--quiet] sync [--] [<path>...]"
@@ -352,6 +352,7 @@ cmd_init()
cmd_update()
{
# parse $args after "submodule ... update".
+ orig_args="$@"
while test $# -ne 0
do
case "$1" in
@@ -384,6 +385,10 @@ cmd_update()
shift
update="merge"
;;
+ --recursive)
+ shift
+ recursive=1
+ ;;
--)
shift
break
@@ -470,6 +475,12 @@ cmd_update()
die "Unable to $action '$sha1' in submodule path '$path'"
say "Submodule path '$path': $msg '$sha1'"
fi
+
+ if test -n "$recursive"
+ then
+ (unset GIT_DIR; cd "$path" && cmd_update $orig_args) ||
+ die "Failed to recurse into submodule path '$path'"
+ fi
done
}
diff --git a/t/t7407-submodule-foreach.sh b/t/t7407-submodule-foreach.sh
index be122c7f8c..9122bfef35 100755
--- a/t/t7407-submodule-foreach.sh
+++ b/t/t7407-submodule-foreach.sh
@@ -175,4 +175,23 @@ test_expect_success 'test "foreach --quiet --recursive"' '
test_cmp expect actual
'
+test_expect_success 'use "update --recursive" to checkout all submodules' '
+ git clone super clone3 &&
+ (
+ cd clone3 &&
+ test ! -d sub1/.git &&
+ test ! -d sub2/.git &&
+ test ! -d sub3/.git &&
+ test ! -d nested1/.git &&
+ git submodule update --init --recursive &&
+ test -d sub1/.git &&
+ test -d sub2/.git &&
+ test -d sub3/.git &&
+ test -d nested1/.git &&
+ test -d nested1/nested2/.git &&
+ test -d nested1/nested2/nested3/.git &&
+ test -d nested1/nested2/nested3/submodule/.git
+ )
+'
+
test_done