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diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt index 74d5bdc59d..bfef8a0c62 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt @@ -10,12 +10,12 @@ 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>] + [-f|--force] [--rebase] [--reference <repository>] [--depth <depth>] [--merge] [--recursive] [--] [<path>...] 'git submodule' [--quiet] summary [--cached|--files] [(-n|--summary-limit) <n>] [commit] [--] [<path>...] @@ -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`. @@ -155,7 +159,9 @@ update:: This will make the submodules HEAD be detached unless `--rebase` or `--merge` is specified or the key `submodule.$name.update` is set to `rebase`, `merge` or `none`. `none` can be overridden by specifying - `--checkout`. + `--checkout`. Setting the key `submodule.$name.update` to `!command` + will cause `command` to be run. `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 +264,7 @@ 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 @@ -324,6 +330,12 @@ 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. |