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| author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2017-09-29 13:22:33 +0900 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2017-09-29 13:22:33 +0900 |
| commit | ef75f377a0a3170ce7d5664cab4a6057d91f59c8 (patch) | |
| tree | 53d653ca9e3e30c8bc07e31691a4b3f640caf100 /config.txt | |
| parent | f088858b7d9cf7778d88910914cf7c34d0fdeb83 (diff) | |
| download | git-htmldocs-ef75f377a0a3170ce7d5664cab4a6057d91f59c8.tar.gz | |
Autogenerated HTML docs for v2.14.2-666-gea220
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diff --git a/config.txt b/config.txt index dc4e3f58a..1ac0ae6ad 100644 --- a/config.txt +++ b/config.txt @@ -3085,10 +3085,14 @@ submodule.<name>.url:: See linkgit:git-submodule[1] and linkgit:gitmodules[5] for details. submodule.<name>.update:: - The default update procedure for a submodule. This variable - is populated by `git submodule init` from the - linkgit:gitmodules[5] file. See description of 'update' - command in linkgit:git-submodule[1]. + The method by which a submodule is updated by 'git submodule update', + which is the only affected command, others such as + 'git checkout --recurse-submodules' are unaffected. It exists for + historical reasons, when 'git submodule' was the only command to + interact with submodules; settings like `submodule.active` + and `pull.rebase` are more specific. It is populated by + `git submodule init` from the linkgit:gitmodules[5] file. + See description of 'update' command in linkgit:git-submodule[1]. submodule.<name>.branch:: The remote branch name for a submodule, used by `git submodule |