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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-submodule.txt | 14 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/gitmodules.txt | 3 |
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt index 3b8df44673..0286409744 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SYNOPSIS 'git submodule' [--quiet] add [-b branch] [--] <repository> <path> 'git submodule' [--quiet] status [--cached] [--] [<path>...] 'git submodule' [--quiet] init [--] [<path>...] -'git submodule' [--quiet] update [--init] [-N|--no-fetch] [--] [<path>...] +'git submodule' [--quiet] update [--init] [-N|--no-fetch] [--rebase] [--] [<path>...] 'git submodule' [--quiet] summary [--summary-limit <n>] [commit] [--] [<path>...] 'git submodule' [--quiet] foreach <command> 'git submodule' [--quiet] sync [--] [<path>...] @@ -113,7 +113,8 @@ init:: update:: Update the registered submodules, i.e. clone missing submodules and checkout the commit specified in the index of the containing repository. - This will make the submodules HEAD be detached. + This will make the submodules HEAD be detached unless '--rebase' is + specified or the key `submodule.$name.rebase` is set to `true`. + If the submodule is not yet initialized, and you just want to use the setting as stored in .gitmodules, you can automatically initialize the @@ -177,6 +178,15 @@ OPTIONS This option is only valid for the update command. Don't fetch new objects from the remote site. +--rebase:: + This option is only valid for the update command. + Rebase the current branch onto the commit recorded in the + superproject. If this option is given, the submodule's HEAD will not + be detached. If a a merge failure prevents this process, you will have + to resolve these failures with linkgit:git-rebase[1]. + If the key `submodule.$name.rebase` is set to `true`, this option is + implicit. + <path>...:: Paths to submodule(s). When specified this will restrict the command to only operate on the submodules found at the specified paths. diff --git a/Documentation/gitmodules.txt b/Documentation/gitmodules.txt index d1a17e2625..7c22c40949 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitmodules.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitmodules.txt @@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ submodule.<name>.path:: submodule.<name>.url:: Defines an url from where the submodule repository can be cloned. +submodule.<name>.rebase:: + Defines that the submodule should be rebased by default. + EXAMPLES -------- |