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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-submodule.txt | 11 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt index 630999f41a..066c7b6c18 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt @@ -183,12 +183,15 @@ information too. foreach [--recursive] <command>:: Evaluates an arbitrary shell command in each checked out submodule. - The command has access to the variables $name, $path, $sha1 and + The command has access to the variables $name, $sm_path, $sha1 and $toplevel: $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. + $sm_path is the path of the submodule as recorded in the immediate + superproject, $sha1 is the commit as recorded in the immediate + superproject, and $toplevel is the absolute path to the top-level + of the immediate superproject. + Note that to avoid conflicts with '$PATH' on Windows, the '$path' + variable is now a deprecated synonym of '$sm_path' variable. Any submodules defined in the superproject but not checked out are ignored by this command. Unless given `--quiet`, foreach prints the name of each submodule before evaluating the command. |