[--reference <repository>] [--] <repository> <path>
'git submodule' [--quiet] status [--cached] [--] [<path>...]
'git submodule' [--quiet] init [--] [<path>...]
-'git submodule' [--quiet] update [--init] [-N|--no-fetch]
- [--reference <repository>] [--] [<path>...]
-'git submodule' [--quiet] summary [--summary-limit <n>] [commit] [--] [<path>...]
+'git submodule' [--quiet] update [--init] [-N|--no-fetch] [--rebase]
+ [--reference <repository>] [--merge] [--] [<path>...]
+'git submodule' [--quiet] summary [--cached] [--summary-limit <n>] [commit] [--] [<path>...]
'git submodule' [--quiet] foreach <command>
'git submodule' [--quiet] sync [--] [<path>...]
update::
Update the registered submodules, i.e. clone missing submodules and
checkout the commit specified in the index of the containing repository.
- This will make the submodules HEAD be detached.
+ This will make the submodules HEAD be detached unless '--rebase' or
+ '--merge' is specified or the key `submodule.$name.update` is set to
+ `rebase` or `merge`.
+
If the submodule is not yet initialized, and you just want to use the
setting as stored in .gitmodules, you can automatically initialize the
foreach::
Evaluates an arbitrary shell command in each checked out submodule.
- The command has access to the variables $path and $sha1:
+ The command has access to the variables $name, $path and $sha1:
+ $name is the name of the relevant submodule section in .gitmodules,
$path is the name of the submodule directory relative to the
superproject, and $sha1 is the commit as recorded in the superproject.
Any submodules defined in the superproject but not checked out are
the processing to terminate. This can be overridden by adding '|| :'
to the end of the command.
+
-As an example, "git submodule foreach 'echo $path `git rev-parse HEAD`' will
-show the path and currently checked out commit for each submodule.
+As an example, +git submodule foreach \'echo $path {backtick}git
+rev-parse HEAD{backtick}'+ will show the path and currently checked out
+commit for each submodule.
sync::
Synchronizes submodules' remote URL configuration setting
This option is only valid for the update command.
Don't fetch new objects from the remote site.
+--merge::
+ This option is only valid for the update command.
+ Merge the commit recorded in the superproject into the current branch
+ of the submodule. If this option is given, the submodule's HEAD will
+ not be detached. If a merge failure prevents this process, you will
+ have to resolve the resulting conflicts within the submodule with the
+ usual conflict resolution tools.
+ If the key `submodule.$name.update` is set to `merge`, this option is
+ implicit.
+
+--rebase::
+ This option is only valid for the update command.
+ Rebase the current branch onto the commit recorded in the
+ superproject. If this option is given, the submodule's HEAD will not
+ be detached. If a a merge failure prevents this process, you will have
+ to resolve these failures with linkgit:git-rebase[1].
+ If the key `submodule.$name.update` is set to `rebase`, this option is
+ implicit.
+
--reference <repository>::
This option is only valid for add and update commands. These
commands sometimes need to clone a remote repository. In this case,