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diff --git a/Documentation/gitmodules.txt b/Documentation/gitmodules.txt
index a66e95b70c..67275fd187 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitmodules.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitmodules.txt
@@ -44,9 +44,8 @@ submodule.<name>.update::
submodule init` to initialize the configuration variable of
the same name. Allowed values here are 'checkout', 'rebase',
'merge' or 'none'. See description of 'update' command in
- linkgit:git-submodule[1] for their meaning. Note that the
- '!command' form is intentionally ignored here for security
- reasons.
+ linkgit:git-submodule[1] for their meaning. For security
+ reasons, the '!command' form is not accepted here.
submodule.<name>.branch::
A remote branch name for tracking updates in the upstream submodule.
@@ -81,7 +80,7 @@ submodule.<name>.ignore::
Committed differences and modifications to tracked files will show
up.
- none;; No modifiations to submodules are ignored, all of committed
+ none;; No modifications to submodules are ignored, all of committed
differences, and modifications to tracked and untracked files are
shown. This is the default option.
@@ -90,7 +89,7 @@ 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. The 'git submodule' commands are not
+"--ignore-submodules" option. The 'git submodule' commands are not
affected by this setting.
--
@@ -105,14 +104,15 @@ 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
+----
+[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
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ submodules a URL is specified which can be used for cloning the submodules.
SEE ALSO
--------
-linkgit:git-submodule[1] linkgit:git-config[1]
+linkgit:git-submodule[1], linkgit:gitsubmodules[7], linkgit:git-config[1]
GIT
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