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diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt index d841573475..918bd1d1bd 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ SYNOPSIS [commit] [--] [<path>...] 'git submodule' [--quiet] foreach [--recursive] <command> 'git submodule' [--quiet] sync [--recursive] [--] [<path>...] +'git submodule' [--quiet] absorbgitdirs [--] [<path>...] DESCRIPTION @@ -245,6 +246,20 @@ sync:: If `--recursive` is specified, this command will recurse into the registered submodules, and sync any nested submodules within. +absorbgitdirs:: + If a git directory of a submodule is inside the submodule, + move the git directory of the submodule into its superprojects + `$GIT_DIR/modules` path and then connect the git directory and + its working directory by setting the `core.worktree` and adding + a .git file pointing to the git directory embedded in the + superprojects git directory. ++ +A repository that was cloned independently and later added as a submodule or +old setups have the submodules git directory inside the submodule instead of +embedded into the superprojects git directory. ++ +This command is recursive by default. + OPTIONS ------- -q:: |