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diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt index c243ee552b..c83a856574 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt @@ -140,7 +140,8 @@ update:: 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.$name.update` is set to - `rebase`, `merge` or `none`. + `rebase`, `merge` or `none`. `none` can be overriden by specifying + `--checkout`. + If the submodule is not yet initialized, and you just want to use the setting as stored in .gitmodules, you can automatically initialize the @@ -148,10 +149,6 @@ submodule with the `--init` option. + If `--recursive` is specified, this command will recurse into the registered submodules, and update any nested submodules within. -+ -If the configuration key `submodule.$name.update` is set to `none` the -submodule with name `$name` will not be updated by default. This can be -overriden by adding `--checkout` to the command. summary:: Show commit summary between the given commit (defaults to HEAD) and |