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| author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2017-06-24 15:29:32 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2017-06-24 15:29:32 -0700 |
| commit | 4f7132a9bed66d62a27f3ee9e01022d05e3ea2e5 (patch) | |
| tree | d5f8738cb9b0943c6207ace5d8e355e3bbbc3a1d /Documentation | |
| parent | b960cd37c6ec11b35802216c38c9d02886f4fce8 (diff) | |
| parent | 68602c01fde24d3b5cbcc4817bb85ab309684def (diff) | |
| download | git-4f7132a9bed66d62a27f3ee9e01022d05e3ea2e5.tar.gz | |
Merge branch 'sb/submodule-rm-absorb' into maint
Doc update to a recently graduated topic.
* sb/submodule-rm-absorb:
Documentation/git-rm: correct submodule description
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-rm.txt | 9 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-rm.txt b/Documentation/git-rm.txt index f1efc116eb..8c87e8cdd7 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rm.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rm.txt @@ -140,10 +140,11 @@ Only submodules using a gitfile (which means they were cloned with a Git version 1.7.8 or newer) will be removed from the work tree, as their repository lives inside the .git directory of the superproject. If a submodule (or one of those nested inside it) -still uses a .git directory, `git rm` will fail - no matter if forced -or not - to protect the submodule's history. If it exists the -submodule.<name> section in the linkgit:gitmodules[5] file will also -be removed and that file will be staged (unless --cached or -n are used). +still uses a .git directory, `git rm` will move the submodules +git directory into the superprojects git directory to protect +the submodule's history. If it exists the submodule.<name> section +in the linkgit:gitmodules[5] file will also be removed and that file +will be staged (unless --cached or -n are used). A submodule is considered up-to-date when the HEAD is the same as recorded in the index, no tracked files are modified and no untracked |