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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-submodule.txt | 4 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt index 2b31d5f1f2..585f03681b 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt @@ -78,7 +78,9 @@ to exist in the superproject. If <path> is not given, the <repository> is the URL of the new submodule's origin repository. This may be either an absolute URL, or (if it begins with ./ or ../), the location relative to the superproject's origin -repository. +repository. If the superproject doesn't have an origin configured +the superproject is its own authoritative upstream and the current +working directory is used instead. + <path> is the relative location for the cloned submodule to exist in the superproject. If <path> does not exist, then the |