SYNOPSIS
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[verse]
-'git-submodule' [--quiet] add [-b branch] [--] <repository> [<path>]
-'git
-submodule' [--quiet] status [--cached] [--] [<path>...]
-'git
-submodule' [--quiet] init [--] [<path>...]
-'git
-submodule' [--quiet] update [--init] [--] [<path>...]
-'git
-submodule' [--quiet] summary [--summary-limit <n>] [commit] [--] [<path>...]
+'git submodule' [--quiet] add [-b branch] [--] <repository> <path>
+'git
submodule' [--quiet] status [--cached] [--] [<path>...]
+'git
submodule' [--quiet] init [--] [<path>...]
+'git
submodule' [--quiet] update [--init] [--] [<path>...]
+'git
submodule' [--quiet] summary [--summary-limit <n>] [commit] [--] [<path>...]
COMMANDS
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add::
Add the given repository as a submodule at the given path
- to the changeset to be committed next. If path is a valid
- repository within the project, it is added as is. Otherwise,
- repository is cloned at the specified path. path is added to the
- changeset and registered in .gitmodules. If no path is
- specified, the path is deduced from the repository specification.
- If the repository url begins with ./ or ../, it is stored as
- given but resolved as a relative path from the main project's
- url when cloning.
+ to the changeset to be committed next to the current
+ project: the current project is termed termed the "superproject".
++
+This requires two arguments: <repository> and <path>.
++
+<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.
++
+<path> is the relative location for the cloned submodule to
+exist in the superproject. If <path> does not exist, then the
+submodule is created by cloning from the named URL. If <path> does
+exist and is already a valid git repository, then this is added
+to the changeset without cloning. This second form is provided
+to ease creating a new submodule from scratch, and presumes
+the user will later push the submodule to the given URL.
++
+In either case, the given URL is recorded into .gitmodules for
+use by subsequent users cloning the superproject. If the URL is
+given relative to the superproject's repository, the presumption
+is the superproject and submodule repositories will be kept
+together in the same relative location, and only the
+superproject's URL need be provided: git-submodule will correctly
+locate the submodule using the relative URL in .gitmodules.
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 linkgit:git-describe[1] 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'.
init::
Initialize the submodules, i.e. register in .git/config each submodule
<path>::
Path to submodule(s). When specified this will restrict the command
to only operate on the submodules found at the specified paths.
+ (This argument is required with add).
FILES
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