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diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt index 74d5bdc59d..21cb59a6d6 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt @@ -10,13 +10,13 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git submodule' [--quiet] add [-b <branch>] [-f|--force] [--name <name>] - [--reference <repository>] [--] <repository> [<path>] + [--reference <repository>] [--depth <depth>] [--] <repository> [<path>] 'git submodule' [--quiet] status [--cached] [--recursive] [--] [<path>...] 'git submodule' [--quiet] init [--] [<path>...] 'git submodule' [--quiet] deinit [-f|--force] [--] <path>... 'git submodule' [--quiet] update [--init] [--remote] [-N|--no-fetch] - [-f|--force] [--rebase] [--reference <repository>] - [--merge] [--recursive] [--] [<path>...] + [-f|--force] [--rebase|--merge|--checkout] [--reference <repository>] + [--depth <depth>] [--recursive] [--] [<path>...] 'git submodule' [--quiet] summary [--cached|--files] [(-n|--summary-limit) <n>] [commit] [--] [<path>...] 'git submodule' [--quiet] foreach [--recursive] <command> @@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ 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 ./ @@ -124,8 +126,10 @@ linkgit:git-status[1] and linkgit:git-diff[1] will provide that information too (and can also report changes to a submodule's work tree). init:: - Initialize the submodules, i.e. register each submodule name - and url found in .gitmodules into .git/config. + Initialize the submodules recorded in the index (which were + added and committed elsewhere) by copying submodule + names and urls from .gitmodules to .git/config. + Optional <path> arguments limit which submodules will be initialized. It will also copy the value of `submodule.$name.update` into .git/config. The key used in .git/config is `submodule.$name.url`. @@ -151,11 +155,31 @@ it contains local modifications. update:: Update the registered submodules, i.e. clone missing submodules and - checkout the commit specified in the index of the containing repository. - This will make the submodules HEAD be detached unless `--rebase` or - `--merge` is specified or the key `submodule.$name.update` is set to - `rebase`, `merge` or `none`. `none` can be overridden by specifying - `--checkout`. + checkout the commit specified in the index of the containing + repository. The update mode defaults to `checkout`, but can be + configured with the `submodule.<name>.update` setting or the + `--rebase`, `--merge`, or `--checkout` options. ++ +For updates that clone missing submodules, checkout-mode updates will +create submodules with detached HEADs; all other modes will create +submodules with a local branch named after `submodule.<path>.branch`. ++ +For updates that do not clone missing submodules, the submodule's HEAD +is only touched when the remote reference does not match the +submodule's HEAD (for none-mode updates, the submodule is never +touched). The remote reference is usually the gitlinked commit from +the superproject's tree, but with `--remote` it is the upstream +subproject's `submodule.<name>.branch`. This remote reference is +integrated with the submodule's HEAD using the specified update mode. +For checkout-mode updates, that will result in a detached HEAD. For +rebase- and merge-mode updates, the commit referenced by the +submodule's HEAD may change, but the symbolic reference will remain +unchanged (i.e. checked-out branches will still be checked-out +branches, and detached HEADs will still be detached HEADs). If none +of the builtin modes fit your needs, set `submodule.<name>.update` to +`!command` to configure a custom integration command. `command` can +be any arbitrary shell command that takes a single argument, namely +the sha1 to update to. + If the submodule is not yet initialized, and you just want to use the setting as stored in .gitmodules, you can automatically initialize the @@ -258,7 +282,7 @@ OPTIONS --remote:: This option is only valid for the update command. Instead of using the superproject's recorded SHA-1 to update the submodule, use the - status of the submodule's remote tracking branch. The remote used + status of the submodule's remote-tracking branch. The remote used is branch's remote (`branch.<name>.remote`), defaulting to `origin`. The remote branch used defaults to `master`, but the branch name may be overridden by setting the `submodule.<name>.branch` option in @@ -275,6 +299,16 @@ In order to ensure a current tracking branch state, `update --remote` fetches the submodule's remote repository before calculating the SHA-1. If you don't want to fetch, you should use `submodule update --remote --no-fetch`. ++ +Use this option to integrate changes from the upstream subproject with +your submodule's current HEAD. Alternatively, you can run `git pull` +from the submodule, which is equivalent except for the remote branch +name: `update --remote` uses the default upstream repository and +`submodule.<name>.branch`, while `git pull` uses the submodule's +`branch.<name>.merge`. Prefer `submodule.<name>.branch` if you want +to distribute the default upstream branch with the superproject and +`branch.<name>.merge` if you want a more native feel while working in +the submodule itself. -N:: --no-fetch:: @@ -324,6 +358,12 @@ for linkgit:git-clone[1]'s `--reference` and `--shared` options carefully. only in the submodules of the current repo, but also in any nested submodules inside those submodules (and so on). +--depth:: + This option is valid for add and update commands. Create a 'shallow' + clone with a history truncated to the specified number of revisions. + See linkgit:git-clone[1] + + <path>...:: Paths to submodule(s). When specified this will restrict the command to only operate on the submodules found at the specified paths. |