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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-submodule.txt | 49 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt index 74bc6200d5..6e07bade39 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt @@ -63,14 +63,6 @@ add [-b <branch>] [-f|--force] [--name <name>] [--reference <repository>] [--dep to the changeset to be committed next to the current project: the current project is termed the "superproject". + -This requires at least one argument: <repository>. The optional -argument <path> is the relative location for the cloned submodule -to exist in the superproject. If <path> is not given, the -"humanish" part of the source repository is used ("repo" for -"/path/to/repo.git" and "foo" for "host.xz:foo/.git"). -The <path> is also used as the submodule's logical name in its -configuration entries unless `--name` is used to specify a logical name. -+ <repository> is the URL of the new submodule's origin repository. This may be either an absolute URL, or (if it begins with ./ or ../), the location relative to the superproject's default remote @@ -87,21 +79,22 @@ If the superproject doesn't have a default remote configured the superproject is its own authoritative upstream and the current working directory is used instead. + -<path> is the relative location for the cloned submodule to -exist in the superproject. If <path> does not exist, then the -submodule is created by cloning from the named URL. If <path> does -exist and is already a valid Git repository, then this is added -to the changeset without cloning. This second form is provided -to ease creating a new submodule from scratch, and presumes -the user will later push the submodule to the given URL. +The optional argument <path> is the relative location for the cloned +submodule to exist in the superproject. If <path> is not given, the +canonical part of the source repository is used ("repo" for +"/path/to/repo.git" and "foo" for "host.xz:foo/.git"). If <path> +exists and is already a valid Git repository, then it is staged +for commit without cloning. The <path> is also used as the submodule's +logical name in its configuration entries unless `--name` is used +to specify a logical name. + -In either case, the given URL is recorded into .gitmodules for -use by subsequent users cloning the superproject. If the URL is -given relative to the superproject's repository, the presumption -is the superproject and submodule repositories will be kept -together in the same relative location, and only the -superproject's URL needs to be provided: git-submodule will correctly -locate the submodule using the relative URL in .gitmodules. +The given URL is recorded into `.gitmodules` for use by subsequent users +cloning the superproject. If the URL is given relative to the +superproject's repository, the presumption is the superproject and +submodule repositories will be kept together in the same relative +location, and only the superproject's URL needs to be provided. +git-submodule will correctly locate the submodule using the relative +URL in `.gitmodules`. status [--cached] [--recursive] [--] [<path>...]:: Show the status of the submodules. This will print the SHA-1 of the @@ -123,7 +116,7 @@ too (and can also report changes to a submodule's work tree). init [--] [<path>...]:: Initialize the submodules recorded in the index (which were added and committed elsewhere) by setting `submodule.$name.url` - in .git/config. It uses the same setting from .gitmodules as + in .git/config. It uses the same setting from `.gitmodules` as a template. If the URL is relative, it will be resolved using the default remote. If there is no default remote, the current repository will be assumed to be upstream. @@ -197,7 +190,7 @@ configuration variable: none;; the submodule is not updated. If the submodule is not yet initialized, and you just want to use the -setting as stored in .gitmodules, you can automatically initialize 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 @@ -220,7 +213,7 @@ foreach [--recursive] <command>:: Evaluates an arbitrary shell command in each checked out submodule. The command has access to the variables $name, $path, $sha1 and $toplevel: - $name is the name of the relevant submodule section in .gitmodules, + $name is the name of the relevant submodule section in `.gitmodules`, $path is the name of the submodule directory relative to the superproject, $sha1 is the commit as recorded in the superproject, and $toplevel is the absolute path to the top-level of the superproject. @@ -242,7 +235,7 @@ git submodule foreach 'echo $path `git rev-parse HEAD`' sync [--recursive] [--] [<path>...]:: Synchronizes submodules' remote URL configuration setting - to the value specified in .gitmodules. It will only affect those + to the value specified in `.gitmodules`. It will only affect those submodules which already have a URL entry in .git/config (that is the case when they are initialized or freshly added). This is useful when submodule URLs change upstream and you need to update your local @@ -413,7 +406,7 @@ for linkgit:git-clone[1]'s `--reference` and `--shared` options carefully. --[no-]recommend-shallow:: This option is only valid for the update command. The initial clone of a submodule will use the recommended - `submodule.<name>.shallow` as provided by the .gitmodules file + `submodule.<name>.shallow` as provided by the `.gitmodules` file by default. To ignore the suggestions use `--no-recommend-shallow`. -j <n>:: @@ -429,7 +422,7 @@ for linkgit:git-clone[1]'s `--reference` and `--shared` options carefully. FILES ----- -When initializing submodules, a .gitmodules file in the top-level directory +When initializing submodules, a `.gitmodules` file in the top-level directory of the containing repository is used to find the url of each submodule. This file should be formatted in the same way as `$GIT_DIR/config`. The key to each submodule url is "submodule.$name.url". See linkgit:gitmodules[5] |