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@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@ submodule.<name>.update::
submodule.<name>.branch::
A remote branch name for tracking updates in the upstream submodule.
- If the option is not specified, it defaults to 'master'. 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
+ If the option is not specified, it defaults to the remote 'HEAD'.
+ 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. See the `--remote` documentation in
linkgit:git-submodule[1] for details.