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diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt index 441ae1483b..bf33b0cba0 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt @@ -9,40 +9,104 @@ git-submodule - Initialize, update or inspect submodules SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git-submodule' [--quiet] add [-b branch] [--] <repository> [<path>] -'git-submodule' [--quiet] status [--cached] [--] [<path>...] -'git-submodule' [--quiet] init [--] [<path>...] -'git-submodule' [--quiet] update [--init] [--] [<path>...] -'git-submodule' [--quiet] summary [--summary-limit <n>] [commit] [--] [<path>...] +'git submodule' [--quiet] add [-b branch] [--] <repository> <path> +'git submodule' [--quiet] status [--cached] [--] [<path>...] +'git submodule' [--quiet] init [--] [<path>...] +'git submodule' [--quiet] update [--init] [--] [<path>...] +'git submodule' [--quiet] summary [--summary-limit <n>] [commit] [--] [<path>...] + + +DESCRIPTION +----------- +Submodules allow foreign repositories to be embedded within +a dedicated subdirectory of the source tree, always pointed +at a particular commit. + +They are not to be confused with remotes, which are meant mainly +for branches of the same project; submodules are meant for +different projects you would like to make part of your source tree, +while the history of the two projects still stays completely +independent and you cannot modify the contents of the submodule +from within the main project. +If you want to merge the project histories and want to treat the +aggregated whole as a single project from then on, you may want to +add a remote for the other project and use the 'subtree' merge strategy, +instead of treating the other project as a submodule. Directories +that come from both projects can be cloned and checked out as a whole +if you choose to go that route. + +Submodules are composed from a so-called `gitlink` tree entry +in the main repository that refers to a particular commit object +within the inner repository that is completely separate. +A record in the `.gitmodules` file at the root of the source +tree assigns a logical name to the submodule and describes +the default URL the submodule shall be cloned from. +The logical name can be used for overriding this URL within your +local repository configuration (see 'submodule init'). + +This command will manage the tree entries and contents of the +gitmodules file for you, as well as inspect the status of your +submodules and update them. +When adding a new submodule to the tree, the 'add' subcommand +is to be used. However, when pulling a tree containing submodules, +these will not be checked out by default; +the 'init' and 'update' subcommands will maintain submodules +checked out and at appropriate revision in your working tree. +You can briefly inspect the up-to-date status of your submodules +using the 'status' subcommand and get a detailed overview of the +difference between the index and checkouts using the 'summary' +subcommand. COMMANDS -------- add:: Add the given repository as a submodule at the given path - to the changeset to be committed next. If path is a valid - repository within the project, it is added as is. Otherwise, - repository is cloned at the specified path. path is added to the - changeset and registered in .gitmodules. If no path is - specified, the path is deduced from the repository specification. - If the repository url begins with ./ or ../, it is stored as - given but resolved as a relative path from the main project's - url when cloning. + to the changeset to be committed next to the current + project: the current project is termed the "superproject". ++ +This requires two arguments: <repository> and <path>. ++ +<repository> is the URL of the new submodule's origin repository. +This may be either an absolute URL, or (if it begins with ./ +or ../), the location relative to the superproject's origin +repository. ++ +<path> is the relative location for the cloned submodule to +exist in the superproject. If <path> does not exist, then the +submodule is created by cloning from the named URL. If <path> does +exist and is already a valid git repository, then this is added +to the changeset without cloning. This second form is provided +to ease creating a new submodule from scratch, and presumes +the user will later push the submodule to the given URL. ++ +In either case, the given URL is recorded into .gitmodules for +use by subsequent users cloning the superproject. If the URL is +given relative to the superproject's repository, the presumption +is the superproject and submodule repositories will be kept +together in the same relative location, and only the +superproject's URL need be provided: git-submodule will correctly +locate the submodule using the relative URL in .gitmodules. status:: Show the status of the submodules. This will print the SHA-1 of the currently checked out commit for each submodule, along with the - submodule path and the output of linkgit:git-describe[1] for the + submodule path and the output of 'git-describe' for the SHA-1. Each SHA-1 will be prefixed with `-` if the submodule is not initialized and `+` if the currently checked out submodule commit does not match the SHA-1 found in the index of the containing - repository. This command is the default command for git-submodule. + repository. This command is the default command for 'git-submodule'. init:: - Initialize the submodules, i.e. register in .git/config each submodule - name and url found in .gitmodules. The key used in .git/config is - `submodule.$name.url`. This command does not alter existing information - in .git/config. + Initialize the submodules, i.e. register each submodule name + and url found in .gitmodules into .git/config. + The key used in .git/config is `submodule.$name.url`. + This command does not alter existing information in .git/config. + You can then customize the submodule clone URLs in .git/config + for your local setup and proceed to 'git submodule update'; + you can also just use 'git submodule update --init' without + the explicit 'init' step if you do not intend to customize + any submodule locations. update:: Update the registered submodules, i.e. clone missing submodules and @@ -82,9 +146,10 @@ OPTIONS (the default). This limit only applies to modified submodules. The size is always limited to 1 for added/deleted/typechanged submodules. -<path>:: - Path to submodule(s). When specified this will restrict the command +<path>...:: + Paths to submodule(s). When specified this will restrict the command to only operate on the submodules found at the specified paths. + (This argument is required with add). FILES ----- |