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diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt index ba3c4df..0ed5c24 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt @@ -9,11 +9,13 @@ git-submodule - Initialize, update or inspect submodules SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] +'git submodule' [--quiet] [--cached] 'git submodule' [--quiet] add [<options>] [--] <repository> [<path>] 'git submodule' [--quiet] status [--cached] [--recursive] [--] [<path>...] 'git submodule' [--quiet] init [--] [<path>...] 'git submodule' [--quiet] deinit [-f|--force] (--all|[--] <path>...) 'git submodule' [--quiet] update [<options>] [--] [<path>...] +'git submodule' [--quiet] set-branch [<options>] [--] <path> 'git submodule' [--quiet] summary [<options>] [--] [<path>...] 'git submodule' [--quiet] foreach [--recursive] <command> 'git submodule' [--quiet] sync [--recursive] [--] [<path>...] @@ -28,6 +30,9 @@ For more information about submodules, see linkgit:gitsubmodules[7]. COMMANDS -------- +With no arguments, shows the status of existing submodules. Several +subcommands are available to perform operations on the submodules. + add [-b <branch>] [-f|--force] [--name <name>] [--reference <repository>] [--depth <depth>] [--] <repository> [<path>]:: Add the given repository as a submodule at the given path to the changeset to be committed next to the current @@ -38,7 +43,7 @@ This may be either an absolute URL, or (if it begins with ./ or ../), the location relative to the superproject's default remote repository (Please note that to specify a repository 'foo.git' which is located right next to a superproject 'bar.git', you'll -have to use '../foo.git' instead of './foo.git' - as one might expect +have to use `../foo.git` instead of `./foo.git` - as one might expect when following the rules for relative URLs - because the evaluation of relative URLs in Git is identical to that of relative directories). + @@ -168,6 +173,12 @@ 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>:: + 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 + key, which causes the tracking branch to default to 'master'. + summary [--cached|--files] [(-n|--summary-limit) <n>] [commit] [--] [<path>...]:: Show commit summary between the given commit (defaults to HEAD) and working tree/index. For a submodule in question, a series of commits @@ -255,13 +266,14 @@ OPTIONS This option is only valid for the deinit command. Unregister all submodules in the working tree. --b:: ---branch:: +-b <branch>:: +--branch <branch>:: Branch of repository to add as submodule. The name of the branch is recorded as `submodule.<name>.branch` in `.gitmodules` for `update --remote`. A special value of `.` is used to indicate that the name of the branch in the submodule should be the - same name as the current branch in the current repository. + same name as the current branch in the current repository. If the + option is not specified, it defaults to 'master'. -f:: --force:: |