status::
Show the status of the submodules. This will print the SHA-1 of the
currently checked out commit for each submodule, along with the
- submodule path and the output of 'git-describe' for the
+ submodule path and the output of 'git describe' for the
SHA-1. Each SHA-1 will be prefixed with `-` if the submodule is not
initialized and `+` if the currently checked out submodule commit
does not match the SHA-1 found in the index of the containing
- repository. This command is the default command for 'git-submodule'.
+ repository. This command is the default command for 'git submodule'.
+
If '--recursive' is specified, this command will recurse into nested
submodules, and show their status as well.
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
- for your local setup and proceed to 'git submodule update';
- you can also just use 'git submodule update --init' without
+ for your local setup and proceed to `git submodule update`;
+ you can also just use `git submodule update --init` without
the explicit 'init' step if you do not intend to customize
any submodule locations.