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1 files changed, 13 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt index 6ffd896fbc..441ae1483b 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt @@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ SYNOPSIS [verse] 'git-submodule' [--quiet] add [-b branch] [--] <repository> [<path>] 'git-submodule' [--quiet] status [--cached] [--] [<path>...] -'git-submodule' [--quiet] [init|update] [--] [<path>...] +'git-submodule' [--quiet] init [--] [<path>...] +'git-submodule' [--quiet] update [--init] [--] [<path>...] 'git-submodule' [--quiet] summary [--summary-limit <n>] [commit] [--] [<path>...] @@ -47,6 +48,10 @@ 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. ++ +If the submodule is not yet initialized, and you just want to use the +setting as stored in .gitmodules, you can automatically initialize the +submodule with the --init option. summary:: Show commit summary between the given commit (defaults to HEAD) and @@ -56,10 +61,12 @@ summary:: OPTIONS ------- --q, --quiet:: +-q:: +--quiet:: Only print error messages. --b, --branch:: +-b:: +--branch:: Branch of repository to add as submodule. --cached:: @@ -67,7 +74,8 @@ OPTIONS commands typically use the commit found in the submodule HEAD, but with this option, the commit stored in the index is used instead. --n, --summary-limit:: +-n:: +--summary-limit:: This option is only valid for the summary command. Limit the summary size (number of commits shown in total). Giving 0 will disable the summary; a negative number means unlimited @@ -93,4 +101,4 @@ Written by Lars Hjemli <hjemli@gmail.com> GIT --- -Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite +Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |