Merge branch 'ef/ipv4-connect-error-report'

diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
index 3b05498c1035b15ae4db134880a111b777106b0d..67cf5f0f8b8a280891e47ecb7705d260bfc4232b 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
@@ -79,7 +79,9 @@ to exist in the superproject. If <path> is not given, the
 <repository> is the URL of the new submodule's origin repository.
 This may be either an absolute URL, or (if it begins with ./
 or ../), the location relative to the superproject's origin
-repository.
+repository. If the superproject doesn't have an origin configured
+the superproject is its own authoritative upstream and the current
+working directory is used instead.
 +
 <path> is the relative location for the cloned submodule to
 exist in the superproject. If <path> does not exist, then the
@@ -176,12 +178,14 @@ 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.
 +
 "git submodule sync" synchronizes all submodules while
-"git submodule sync -- A" synchronizes submodule "A" only.
+"git submodule sync \-- A" synchronizes submodule "A" only.
 
 OPTIONS
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