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1 files changed, 11 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt index 5ccdd18c89..2502531a3d 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git submodule' [--quiet] add [-b branch] - [--reference <repository>] [--] <repository> <path> + [--reference <repository>] [--] <repository> [<path>] 'git submodule' [--quiet] status [--cached] [--recursive] [--] [<path>...] 'git submodule' [--quiet] init [--] [<path>...] 'git submodule' [--quiet] update [--init] [-N|--no-fetch] [--rebase] @@ -69,7 +69,11 @@ add:: 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>. +This requires at least one argument: <repository>. The optional +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"). + <repository> is the URL of the new submodule's origin repository. This may be either an absolute URL, or (if it begins with ./ @@ -95,11 +99,11 @@ 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 'git-describe' 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'. + If '--recursive' is specified, this command will recurse into nested submodules, and show their status as well. @@ -110,8 +114,8 @@ init:: The key used in .git/config is `submodule.$name.url`. This command does not alter existing information in .git/config. You can then customize the submodule clone URLs in .git/config - for your local setup and proceed to 'git submodule update'; - you can also just use 'git submodule update --init' without + for your local setup and proceed to `git submodule update`; + you can also just use `git submodule update --init` without the explicit 'init' step if you do not intend to customize any submodule locations. @@ -214,7 +218,7 @@ OPTIONS This option is only valid for the update command. Rebase the current branch onto the commit recorded in the superproject. If this option is given, the submodule's HEAD will not - be detached. If a a merge failure prevents this process, you will have + be detached. If a merge failure prevents this process, you will have to resolve these failures with linkgit:git-rebase[1]. If the key `submodule.$name.update` is set to `rebase`, this option is implicit. |