Merge branch 'jc/submodule-sync-no-auto-vivify' into maint

diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
index e8ed2f2c0f440455443521d35989be7d7ff53c10..2b31d5f1f2c63cdd9286eed8090ce27724e5d0bf 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
@@ -167,7 +167,9 @@ commit for each submodule.
 
 sync::
        Synchronizes submodules' remote URL configuration setting
-       to the value specified in .gitmodules.  This is useful when
+       to the value specified in .gitmodules. It will only affect those
+       submodules which already have an url entry in .git/config (that is the
+       case when they are initialized or freshly added). This is useful when
        submodule URLs change upstream and you need to update your local
        repositories accordingly.
 +
@@ -186,8 +188,10 @@ OPTIONS
 
 -f::
 --force::
-       This option is only valid for the add command.
-       Allow adding an otherwise ignored submodule path.
+       This option is only valid for add and update commands.
+       When running add, allow adding an otherwise ignored submodule path.
+       When running update, throw away local changes in submodules when
+       switching to a different commit.
 
 --cached::
        This option is only valid for status and summary commands.  These
@@ -258,11 +262,6 @@ This file should be formatted in the same way as `$GIT_DIR/config`. The key
 to each submodule url is "submodule.$name.url".  See linkgit:gitmodules[5]
 for details.
 
-
-AUTHOR
-------
-Written by Lars Hjemli <hjemli@gmail.com>
-
 GIT
 ---
 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite