'git submodule' [--quiet] init [--] [<path>...]
'git submodule' [--quiet] update [--init] [--] [<path>...]
'git submodule' [--quiet] summary [--summary-limit <n>] [commit] [--] [<path>...]
+'git submodule' [--quiet] foreach <command>
+'git submodule' [--quiet] sync [--] [<path>...]
DESCRIPTION
add::
Add the given repository as a submodule at the given path
to the changeset to be committed next to the current
- project: the current project is termed termed the "superproject".
+ project: the current project is termed the "superproject".
+
This requires two arguments: <repository> and <path>.
+
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
+superproject's URL needs to be provided: git-submodule will correctly
locate the submodule using the relative URL in .gitmodules.
status::
in the submodule between the given super project commit and the
index or working tree (switched by --cached) are shown.
+foreach::
+ Evaluates an arbitrary shell command in each checked out submodule.
+ The command has access to the variables $path and $sha1:
+ $path is the name of the submodule directory relative to the
+ superproject, and $sha1 is the commit as recorded in 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.
+ A non-zero return from the command in any submodule causes
+ the processing to terminate. This can be overridden by adding '|| :'
+ to the end of the command.
++
+As an example, "git submodule foreach 'echo $path `git rev-parse HEAD`' will
+show the path and currently checked out commit for each submodule.
+
+sync::
+ Synchronizes submodules' remote URL configuration setting
+ to the value specified in .gitmodules. 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.
+
OPTIONS
-------
-q::
(the default). This limit only applies to modified submodules. The
size is always limited to 1 for added/deleted/typechanged submodules.
-<path>::
- Path to submodule(s). When specified this will restrict the command
+<path>...::
+ Paths 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).