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diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt index 97c32fe..326136a 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ SYNOPSIS 'git submodule' [--quiet] update [--init] [-N|--no-fetch] [--rebase] [--reference <repository>] [--merge] [--] [<path>...] 'git submodule' [--quiet] summary [--cached] [--summary-limit <n>] [commit] [--] [<path>...] -'git submodule' [--quiet] foreach <command> +'git submodule' [--quiet] foreach [--recursive] <command> 'git submodule' [--quiet] sync [--] [<path>...] @@ -138,6 +138,8 @@ foreach:: Any submodules defined in the superproject but not checked out are ignored by this command. Unless given --quiet, foreach prints the name of each submodule before evaluating the command. + If --recursive is given, submodules are traversed recursively (i.e. + the given shell command is evaluated in nested submodules as well). A non-zero return from the command in any submodule causes the processing to terminate. This can be overridden by adding '|| :' to the end of the command. @@ -210,6 +212,12 @@ OPTIONS *NOTE*: Do *not* use this option unless you have read the note for linkgit:git-clone[1]'s --reference and --shared options carefully. +--recursive:: + This option is only valid for the foreach command. + Traverse submodules recursively. The operation is performed not + only in the submodules of the current repo, but also + in any nested submodules inside those submodules (and so on). + <path>...:: Paths to submodule(s). When specified this will restrict the command to only operate on the submodules found at the specified paths. |