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diff --git a/Documentation/gitmodules.txt b/Documentation/gitmodules.txt index 5daf750d19..bcffd95ada 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitmodules.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitmodules.txt @@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ submodule.<name>.path:: submodule.<name>.url:: Defines an url from where the submodule repository can be cloned. + This may be either an absolute URL ready to be passed to + linkgit:git-clone[1] or (if it begins with ./ or ../) a location + relative to the superproject's origin repository. submodule.<name>.update:: Defines what to do when the submodule is updated by the superproject. @@ -41,6 +44,21 @@ submodule.<name>.update:: This config option is overridden if 'git submodule update' is given the '--merge' or '--rebase' options. +submodule.<name>.ignore:: + Defines under what circumstances "git status" and the diff family show + a submodule as modified. When set to "all", it will never be considered + modified, "dirty" will ignore all changes to the submodules work tree and + takes only differences between the HEAD of the submodule and the commit + recorded in the superproject into account. "untracked" will additionally + let submodules with modified tracked files in their work tree show up. + Using "none" (the default when this option is not set) also shows + submodules that have untracked files in their work tree as changed. + If this option is also present in the submodules entry in .git/config of + the superproject, the setting there will override the one found in + .gitmodules. + Both settings can be overridden on the command line by using the + "--ignore-submodule" option. + EXAMPLES -------- |