1gitmodules(5) 2============= 3 4NAME 5---- 6gitmodules - defining submodule properties 7 8SYNOPSIS 9-------- 10$GIT_WORK_DIR/.gitmodules 11 12 13DESCRIPTION 14----------- 15 16The `.gitmodules` file, located in the top-level directory of a Git 17working tree, is a text file with a syntax matching the requirements 18of linkgit:git-config[1]. 19 20The file contains one subsection per submodule, and the subsection value 21is the name of the submodule. The name is set to the path where the 22submodule has been added unless it was customized with the '--name' 23option of 'git submodule add'. Each submodule section also contains the 24following required keys: 25 26submodule.<name>.path:: 27 Defines the path, relative to the top-level directory of the Git 28 working tree, where the submodule is expected to be checked out. 29 The path name must not end with a `/`. All submodule paths must 30 be unique within the .gitmodules file. 31 32submodule.<name>.url:: 33 Defines a URL from which the submodule repository can be cloned. 34 This may be either an absolute URL ready to be passed to 35 linkgit:git-clone[1] or (if it begins with ./ or ../) a location 36 relative to the superproject's origin repository. 37 38In addition, there are a number of optional keys: 39 40submodule.<name>.update:: 41 Defines the default update procedure for the named submodule, 42 i.e. how the submodule is updated by "git submodule update" 43 command in the superproject. This is only used by `git 44 submodule init` to initialize the configuration variable of 45 the same name. Allowed values here are 'checkout', 'rebase', 46 'merge' or 'none'. See description of 'update' command in 47 linkgit:git-submodule[1] for their meaning. Note that the 48 '!command' form is intentionally ignored here for security 49 reasons. 50 51submodule.<name>.branch:: 52 A remote branch name for tracking updates in the upstream submodule. 53 If the option is not specified, it defaults to 'master'. See the 54 `--remote` documentation in linkgit:git-submodule[1] for details. 55 56submodule.<name>.fetchRecurseSubmodules:: 57 This option can be used to control recursive fetching of this 58 submodule. If this option is also present in the submodules entry in 59 .git/config of the superproject, the setting there will override the 60 one found in .gitmodules. 61 Both settings can be overridden on the command line by using the 62 "--[no-]recurse-submodules" option to "git fetch" and "git pull". 63 64submodule.<name>.ignore:: 65 Defines under what circumstances "git status" and the diff family show 66 a submodule as modified. When set to "all", it will never be considered 67 modified (but will nonetheless show up in the output of status and 68 commit when it has been staged), "dirty" will ignore all changes 69 to the submodules work tree and 70 takes only differences between the HEAD of the submodule and the commit 71 recorded in the superproject into account. "untracked" will additionally 72 let submodules with modified tracked files in their work tree show up. 73 Using "none" (the default when this option is not set) also shows 74 submodules that have untracked files in their work tree as changed. 75 If this option is also present in the submodules entry in .git/config of 76 the superproject, the setting there will override the one found in 77 .gitmodules. 78 Both settings can be overridden on the command line by using the 79 "--ignore-submodule" option. The 'git submodule' commands are not 80 affected by this setting. 81 82 83EXAMPLES 84-------- 85 86Consider the following .gitmodules file: 87 88 [submodule "libfoo"] 89 path = include/foo 90 url = git://foo.com/git/lib.git 91 92 [submodule "libbar"] 93 path = include/bar 94 url = git://bar.com/git/lib.git 95 96 97This defines two submodules, `libfoo` and `libbar`. These are expected to 98be checked out in the paths 'include/foo' and 'include/bar', and for both 99submodules a URL is specified which can be used for cloning the submodules. 100 101SEE ALSO 102-------- 103linkgit:git-submodule[1] linkgit:git-config[1] 104 105GIT 106--- 107Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite