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| author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2013-05-17 16:34:02 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2013-05-17 16:34:02 -0700 |
| commit | 3d1b5a1ebc2e4d9c3323a8f2b1fac732562968b5 (patch) | |
| tree | 49e1d04b52edbaa0b3d2fc549ad3cdbe30f9e1ee /git-submodule.txt | |
| parent | ba7fe50148ec50de8394e1fe0f672c47bf6d4c17 (diff) | |
| download | git-htmldocs-3d1b5a1ebc2e4d9c3323a8f2b1fac732562968b5.tar.gz | |
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diff --git a/git-submodule.txt b/git-submodule.txt index 74d5bdc59..e5767134b 100644 --- a/git-submodule.txt +++ b/git-submodule.txt @@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ argument <path> is the relative location for the cloned submodule to exist in the superproject. If <path> is not given, the "humanish" part of the source repository is used ("repo" for "/path/to/repo.git" and "foo" for "host.xz:foo/.git"). +The <path> is also used as the submodule's logical name in its +configuration entries unless `--name` is used to specify a logical name. + <repository> is the URL of the new submodule's origin repository. This may be either an absolute URL, or (if it begins with ./ @@ -124,8 +126,10 @@ linkgit:git-status[1] and linkgit:git-diff[1] will provide that information too (and can also report changes to a submodule's work tree). init:: - Initialize the submodules, i.e. register each submodule name - and url found in .gitmodules into .git/config. + Initialize the submodules recorded in the index (which were + added and committed elsewhere) by copying submodule + names and urls from .gitmodules to .git/config. + Optional <path> arguments limit which submodules will be initialized. It will also copy the value of `submodule.$name.update` into .git/config. The key used in .git/config is `submodule.$name.url`. |