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author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2012-11-13 14:32:04 -0800 |
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committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2012-11-13 14:32:04 -0800 |
commit | a129545d44f1f0fe9976ed87b9a7331bf239b7d8 (patch) | |
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diff --git a/git-rm.txt b/git-rm.txt index 5d31860eb..882cb1171 100644 --- a/git-rm.txt +++ b/git-rm.txt @@ -107,6 +107,21 @@ as well as modifications of existing paths. Typically you would first remove all tracked files from the working tree using this command: +Submodules +~~~~~~~~~~ +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. + +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 +files that aren't ignored are present in the submodules work tree. +Ignored files are deemed expendable and won't stop a submodule's work +tree from being removed. + ---------------- git ls-files -z | xargs -0 rm -f ---------------- |