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diff --git a/Documentation/config/fetch.txt b/Documentation/config/fetch.txt index f11940280f..b1a9b1461d 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/fetch.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/fetch.txt @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ fetch.recurseSubmodules:: - This option can be either set to a boolean value or to 'on-demand'. + This option controls whether `git fetch` (and the underlying fetch + in `git pull`) will recursively fetch into populated submodules. + This option can be set either 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 + recurse unconditionally into submodules when set to true or to not + recurse at all when set to false. When set to 'on-demand', fetch and + pull will only recurse into a populated submodule when its + superproject retrieves a commit that updates the submodule's reference. + Defaults to 'on-demand', or to the value of 'submodule.recurse' if set. fetch.fsckObjects:: If it is set to true, git-fetch-pack will check all fetched |