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diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
index 9226c4380c..918bd1d1bd 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
@@ -15,12 +15,14 @@ SYNOPSIS
'git submodule' [--quiet] init [--] [<path>...]
'git submodule' [--quiet] deinit [-f|--force] (--all|[--] <path>...)
'git submodule' [--quiet] update [--init] [--remote] [-N|--no-fetch]
- [-f|--force] [--rebase|--merge] [--reference <repository>]
- [--depth <depth>] [--recursive] [--jobs <n>] [--] [<path>...]
+ [--[no-]recommend-shallow] [-f|--force] [--rebase|--merge]
+ [--reference <repository>] [--depth <depth>] [--recursive]
+ [--jobs <n>] [--] [<path>...]
'git submodule' [--quiet] summary [--cached|--files] [(-n|--summary-limit) <n>]
[commit] [--] [<path>...]
'git submodule' [--quiet] foreach [--recursive] <command>
'git submodule' [--quiet] sync [--recursive] [--] [<path>...]
+'git submodule' [--quiet] absorbgitdirs [--] [<path>...]
DESCRIPTION
@@ -244,6 +246,20 @@ sync::
If `--recursive` is specified, this command will recurse into the
registered submodules, and sync any nested submodules within.
+absorbgitdirs::
+ If a git directory of a submodule is inside the submodule,
+ move the git directory of the submodule into its superprojects
+ `$GIT_DIR/modules` path and then connect the git directory and
+ its working directory by setting the `core.worktree` and adding
+ a .git file pointing to the git directory embedded in the
+ superprojects git directory.
++
+A repository that was cloned independently and later added as a submodule or
+old setups have the submodules git directory inside the submodule instead of
+embedded into the superprojects git directory.
++
+This command is recursive by default.
+
OPTIONS
-------
-q::
@@ -258,7 +274,9 @@ OPTIONS
--branch::
Branch of repository to add as submodule.
The name of the branch is recorded as `submodule.<name>.branch` in
- `.gitmodules` for `update --remote`.
+ `.gitmodules` for `update --remote`. A special value of `.` is used to
+ indicate that the name of the branch in the submodule should be the
+ same name as the current branch in the current repository.
-f::
--force::
@@ -384,6 +402,12 @@ for linkgit:git-clone[1]'s `--reference` and `--shared` options carefully.
clone with a history truncated to the specified number of revisions.
See linkgit:git-clone[1]
+--[no-]recommend-shallow::
+ This option is only valid for the update command.
+ The initial clone of a submodule will use the recommended
+ `submodule.<name>.shallow` as provided by the .gitmodules file
+ by default. To ignore the suggestions use `--no-recommend-shallow`.
+
-j <n>::
--jobs <n>::
This option is only valid for the update command.