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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt')
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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt b/Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt index 3b9faabdbb..57999e9f36 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt @@ -169,11 +169,15 @@ ACTIVE SUBMODULES A submodule is considered active, - (a) if `submodule.<name>.active` is set to `true` - or - (b) if the submodule's path matches the pathspec in `submodule.active` - or - (c) if `submodule.<name>.url` is set. + a. if `submodule.<name>.active` is set to `true` ++ +or + + b. if the submodule's path matches the pathspec in `submodule.active` ++ +or + + c. if `submodule.<name>.url` is set. and these are evaluated in this order. @@ -194,7 +198,7 @@ In the above config only the submodule 'bar' and 'baz' are active, Note that (c) is a historical artefact and will be ignored if the (a) and (b) specify that the submodule is not active. In other words, -if we have an `submodule.<name>.active` set to `false` or if the +if we have a `submodule.<name>.active` set to `false` or if the submodule's path is excluded in the pathspec in `submodule.active`, the url doesn't matter whether it is present or not. This is illustrated in the example that follows. |