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diff --git a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt index f903683189..6cdd9d43c5 100644 --- a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt @@ -186,15 +186,23 @@ endif::git-pull[] ifndef::git-pull[] --recurse-submodules[=yes|on-demand|no]:: This option controls if and under what conditions new commits of - populated submodules should be fetched too. It can be used as a - boolean option to completely disable recursion when set to 'no' or to - unconditionally recurse into all populated submodules when set to - 'yes', which is the default when this option is used without any - value. Use 'on-demand' to only recurse into a populated submodule - when the superproject retrieves a commit that updates the submodule's - reference to a commit that isn't already in the local submodule - clone. By default, 'on-demand' is used, unless - `fetch.recurseSubmodules` is set (see linkgit:git-config[1]). + submodules should be fetched too. When recursing through submodules, + `git fetch` always attempts to fetch "changed" submodules, that is, a + submodule that has commits that are referenced by a newly fetched + superproject commit but are missing in the local submodule clone. A + changed submodule can be fetched as long as it is present locally e.g. + in `$GIT_DIR/modules/` (see linkgit:gitsubmodules[7]); if the upstream + adds a new submodule, that submodule cannot be fetched until it is + cloned e.g. by `git submodule update`. ++ +When set to 'on-demand', only changed submodules are fetched. When set +to 'yes', all populated submodules are fetched and submodules that are +both unpopulated and changed are fetched. When set to 'no', submodules +are never fetched. ++ +When unspecified, this uses the value of `fetch.recurseSubmodules` if it +is set (see linkgit:git-config[1]), defaulting to 'on-demand' if unset. +When this option is used without any value, it defaults to 'yes'. endif::git-pull[] -j:: |