Merge branch 'cp/git-web-browse-browsers'

diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
index 3b05498c1035b15ae4db134880a111b777106b0d..6ec3fef0799222e67cb176d00aae2f583004032d 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
@@ -118,6 +120,8 @@ too (and can also report changes to a submodule's work tree).
 init::
        Initialize the submodules, i.e. register each submodule name
        and url found in .gitmodules into .git/config.
+       It will also copy the value of `submodule.$name.update` into
+       .git/config.
        The key used in .git/config is `submodule.$name.url`.
        This command does not alter existing information in .git/config.
        You can then customize the submodule clone URLs in .git/config
@@ -131,7 +135,7 @@ update::
        checkout the commit specified in the index of the containing repository.
        This will make the submodules HEAD be detached unless `--rebase` or
        `--merge` is specified or the key `submodule.$name.update` is set to
-       `rebase` or `merge`.
+       `rebase`, `merge` or `none`.
 +
 If the submodule is not yet initialized, and you just want to use the
 setting as stored in .gitmodules, you can automatically initialize the
@@ -139,6 +143,10 @@ submodule with the `--init` option.
 +
 If `--recursive` is specified, this command will recurse into the
 registered submodules, and update any nested submodules within.
++
+If the configuration key `submodule.$name.update` is set to `none` the
+submodule with name `$name` will not be updated by default. This can be
+overriden by adding `--checkout` to the command.
 
 summary::
        Show commit summary between the given commit (defaults to HEAD) and
@@ -176,12 +184,14 @@ 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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