SYNOPSIS
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[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>...]
foreach::
Evaluates an arbitrary shell command in each checked out submodule.
- The command has access to the variables $name, $path and $sha1:
+ The command has access to the variables $name, $path, $sha1 and
+ $toplevel:
$name is the name of the relevant submodule section in .gitmodules,
$path is the name of the submodule directory relative to the
- superproject, and $sha1 is the commit as recorded in the superproject.
+ superproject, $sha1 is the commit as recorded in the superproject,
+ and $toplevel is the absolute path to the top-level of the superproject.
Any submodules defined in the superproject but not checked out are
ignored by this command. Unless given --quiet, foreach prints the name
of each submodule before evaluating the command.
--branch::
Branch of repository to add as submodule.
+-f::
+--force::
+ This option is only valid for the add command.
+ Allow adding an otherwise ignored submodule path.
+
--cached::
This option is only valid for status and summary commands. These
commands typically use the commit found in the submodule HEAD, but
This option is only valid for the update command.
Rebase the current branch onto the commit recorded in the
superproject. If this option is given, the submodule's HEAD will not
- be detached. If a a merge failure prevents this process, you will have
+ be detached. If a merge failure prevents this process, you will have
to resolve these failures with linkgit:git-rebase[1].
If the key `submodule.$name.update` is set to `rebase`, this option is
implicit.
to each submodule url is "submodule.$name.url". See linkgit:gitmodules[5]
for details.
-
-AUTHOR
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-Written by Lars Hjemli <hjemli@gmail.com>
-
GIT
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Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite