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diff --git a/Documentation/gitmodules.txt b/Documentation/gitmodules.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..5daf750d19 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/gitmodules.txt @@ -0,0 +1,73 @@ +gitmodules(5) +============= + +NAME +---- +gitmodules - defining submodule properties + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +$GIT_WORK_DIR/.gitmodules + + +DESCRIPTION +----------- + +The `.gitmodules` file, located in the top-level directory of a git +working tree, is a text file with a syntax matching the requirements +of linkgit:git-config[1]. + +The file contains one subsection per submodule, and the subsection value +is the name of the submodule. Each submodule section also contains the +following required keys: + +submodule.<name>.path:: + Defines the path, relative to the top-level directory of the git + working tree, where the submodule is expected to be checked out. + The path name must not end with a `/`. All submodule paths must + be unique within the .gitmodules file. + +submodule.<name>.url:: + Defines an url from where the submodule repository can be cloned. + +submodule.<name>.update:: + Defines what to do when the submodule is updated by the superproject. + If 'checkout' (the default), the new commit specified in the + superproject will be checked out in the submodule on a detached HEAD. + If 'rebase', the current branch of the submodule will be rebased onto + the commit specified in the superproject. If 'merge', the commit + specified in the superproject will be merged into the current branch + in the submodule. + This config option is overridden if 'git submodule update' is given + the '--merge' or '--rebase' options. + + +EXAMPLES +-------- + +Consider the following .gitmodules file: + + [submodule "libfoo"] + path = include/foo + url = git://foo.com/git/lib.git + + [submodule "libbar"] + path = include/bar + url = git://bar.com/git/lib.git + + +This defines two submodules, `libfoo` and `libbar`. These are expected to +be checked out in the paths 'include/foo' and 'include/bar', and for both +submodules an url is specified which can be used for cloning the submodules. + +SEE ALSO +-------- +linkgit:git-submodule[1] linkgit:git-config[1] + +DOCUMENTATION +------------- +Documentation by Lars Hjemli <hjemli@gmail.com> + +GIT +--- +Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |