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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/gitmodules.txt b/Documentation/gitmodules.txt index 6a1ca4abad..f6c0dfd029 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitmodules.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitmodules.txt @@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ submodule.<name>.url:: linkgit:git-clone[1] or (if it begins with ./ or ../) a location relative to the superproject's origin repository. +In addition, there are a number of optional keys: + 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 @@ -65,7 +67,9 @@ submodule.<name>.fetchRecurseSubmodules:: 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 + modified (but will nonetheless show up in the output of status and + commit when it has been staged), "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. @@ -75,7 +79,8 @@ submodule.<name>.ignore:: 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. + "--ignore-submodule" option. The 'git submodule' commands are not + affected by this setting. EXAMPLES |