Merge branch 'tr/maint-merge-file-subdir'

diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
index 76a832a3ac893111b2d17333e6bc99b7903b47a8..1ed331c599d4b492b0dec112332bb83db5506d74 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-submodule - Initialize, update or inspect submodules
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git submodule' [--quiet] add [-b branch]
+'git submodule' [--quiet] add [-b branch] [-f|--force]
              [--reference <repository>] [--] <repository> [<path>]
 'git submodule' [--quiet] status [--cached] [--recursive] [--] [<path>...]
 'git submodule' [--quiet] init [--] [<path>...]
@@ -95,10 +95,6 @@ is the superproject and submodule repositories will be kept
 together in the same relative location, and only the
 superproject's URL needs to be provided: git-submodule will correctly
 locate the submodule using the relative URL in .gitmodules.
-+
-The submodule will be added with "git add --force <path>". I.e. git
-doesn't care if the new path is in a `gitignore`. Your invocation of
-"git submodule add" is considered enough to override it.
 
 status::
        Show the status of the submodules. This will print the SHA-1 of the
@@ -187,6 +183,11 @@ OPTIONS
 --branch::
        Branch of repository to add as submodule.
 
+-f::
+--force::
+       This option is only valid for the add command.
+       Allow adding an otherwise ignored submodule path.
+
 --cached::
        This option is only valid for status and summary commands.  These
        commands typically use the commit found in the submodule HEAD, but