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authorDenton Liu <liu.denton@gmail.com>2019-02-15 01:26:41 -0800
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2019-02-15 09:55:27 -0800
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submodule: document default behavior
submodule's default behavior wasn't documented in both git-submodule.txt and in the usage text of git-submodule. Document the default behavior similar to how git-remote does it. Signed-off-by: Denton Liu <liu.denton@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
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@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ git-submodule - Initialize, update or inspect submodules
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
+'git submodule' [--quiet] [--cached]
'git submodule' [--quiet] add [<options>] [--] <repository> [<path>]
'git submodule' [--quiet] status [--cached] [--recursive] [--] [<path>...]
'git submodule' [--quiet] init [--] [<path>...]
@@ -28,6 +29,9 @@ For more information about submodules, see linkgit:gitsubmodules[7].
COMMANDS
--------
+With no arguments, shows the status of existing submodules. Several
+subcommands are available to perform operations on the submodules.
+
add [-b <branch>] [-f|--force] [--name <name>] [--reference <repository>] [--depth <depth>] [--] <repository> [<path>]::
Add the given repository as a submodule at the given path
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