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diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 1d0d1b7677..6d4dfa602e 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -897,9 +897,13 @@ diff.wordRegex:: characters are *ignorable* whitespace. fetch.recurseSubmodules:: - A boolean value which changes the behavior for fetch and pull, the - default is to not recursively fetch populated submodules unless - configured otherwise. + This option can be either set to a boolean value or to 'on-demand'. + Setting it to a boolean changes the behavior of fetch and pull to + unconditionally recurse into submodules when set to true or to not + recurse at all when set to false. When set to 'on-demand' (the default + value), fetch and pull will only recurse into a populated submodule + when its superproject retrieves a commit that updates the submodule's + reference. fetch.unpackLimit:: If the number of objects fetched over the git native @@ -1823,7 +1827,7 @@ submodule.<name>.update:: linkgit:git-submodule[1] and linkgit:gitmodules[5] for details. submodule.<name>.fetchRecurseSubmodules:: - This option can be used to enable/disable recursive fetching of this + This option can be used to control recursive fetching of this submodule. It can be overridden by using the --[no-]recurse-submodules command line option to "git fetch" and "git pull". This setting will override that from in the linkgit:gitmodules[5] |