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diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt index 0ed5c24..c3c5222 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt @@ -80,6 +80,9 @@ status [--cached] [--recursive] [--] [<path>...]:: does not match the SHA-1 found in the index of the containing repository and `U` if the submodule has merge conflicts. + +If `--cached` is specified, this command will instead print the SHA-1 +recorded in the superproject for each submodule. ++ If `--recursive` is specified, this command will recurse into nested submodules, and show their status as well. + @@ -133,7 +136,8 @@ update [--init] [--remote] [-N|--no-fetch] [--[no-]recommend-shallow] [-f|--forc + -- Update the registered submodules to match what the superproject -expects by cloning missing submodules and updating the working tree of +expects by cloning missing submodules, fetching missing commits +in submodules and updating the working tree of the submodules. The "updating" can be done in several ways depending on command line options and the value of `submodule.<name>.update` configuration variable. The command line option takes precedence over @@ -173,7 +177,8 @@ submodule with the `--init` option. If `--recursive` is specified, this command will recurse into the registered submodules, and update any nested submodules within. -- -set-branch ((-d|--default)|(-b|--branch <branch>)) [--] <path>:: +set-branch (-b|--branch) <branch> [--] <path>:: +set-branch (-d|--default) [--] <path>:: Sets the default remote tracking branch for the submodule. The `--branch` option allows the remote branch to be specified. The `--default` option removes the submodule.<name>.branch configuration |