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@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ of linkgit:git-config[1].
The file contains one subsection per submodule, and the subsection value
is the name of the submodule. The name is set to the path where the
-submodule has been added unless it was customized with the '--name'
+submodule has been added unless it was customized with the `--name`
option of 'git submodule add'. Each submodule section also contains the
following required keys:
@@ -79,6 +79,11 @@ submodule.<name>.ignore::
"--ignore-submodule" option. The 'git submodule' commands are not
affected by this setting.
+submodule.<name>.shallow::
+ When set to true, a clone of this submodule will be performed as a
+ shallow clone unless the user explicitly asks for a non-shallow
+ clone.
+
EXAMPLES
--------