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+git-submodule(1)
+================
+
+NAME
+----
+git-submodule - Initialize, update or inspect submodules
+
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+'git-submodule' [--quiet] [--cached] [status|init|update] [--] [<path>...]
+
+
+COMMANDS
+--------
+status::
+ Show the status of the submodules. This will print the SHA-1 of the
+ currently checked out commit for each submodule, along with the
+ submodule path and the output of gitlink:git-describe[1] for the
+ SHA-1. Each SHA-1 will be prefixed with `-` if the submodule is not
+ initialized and `+` if the currently checked out submodule commit
+ does not match the SHA-1 found in the index of the containing
+ repository. This command is the default command for git-submodule.
+
+init::
+ Initialize the submodules, i.e. clone the git repositories specified
+ in the .gitmodules file and checkout the submodule commits specified
+ in the index of the containing repository. This will make the
+ submodules HEAD be detached.
+
+update::
+ Update the initialized submodules, i.e. checkout the submodule commits
+ specified in the index of the containing repository. This will make
+ the submodules HEAD be detached.
+
+
+OPTIONS
+-------
+-q, --quiet::
+ Only print error messages.
+
+--cached::
+ Display the SHA-1 stored in the index, not the SHA-1 of the currently
+ checked out submodule commit. This option is only valid for the
+ status command.
+
+<path>::
+ Path to submodule(s). When specified this will restrict the command
+ to only operate on the submodules found at the specified paths.
+
+FILES
+-----
+When cloning submodules, a .gitmodules file in the top-level directory
+of the containing repository is used to find the url of each submodule.
+This file should be formatted in the same way as $GIR_DIR/config. The key
+to each submodule url is "module.$path.url".
+
+
+AUTHOR
+------
+Written by Lars Hjemli <hjemli@gmail.com>
+
+GIT
+---
+Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite