'git submodule' [--quiet] status [--cached] [--] [<path>...]
'git submodule' [--quiet] init [--] [<path>...]
'git submodule' [--quiet] update [--init] [-N|--no-fetch] [--rebase]
- [--reference <repository>] [--] [<path>...]
-'git submodule' [--quiet] summary [--summary-limit <n>] [commit] [--] [<path>...]
+ [--reference <repository>] [--
merge] [--] [<path>...]
+'git submodule' [--quiet] summary [--
cached] [--summary-limit <n>] [commit] [--] [<path>...]
'git submodule' [--quiet] foreach <command>
'git submodule' [--quiet] sync [--] [<path>...]
foreach::
Evaluates an arbitrary shell command in each checked out submodule.
- The command has access to the variables $path and $sha1:
+ The command has access to the variables $name, $path and $sha1:
+ $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.
Any submodules defined in the superproject but not checked out are
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.
+As an example, +git submodule foreach \'echo $path {backtick}git
+rev-parse HEAD{backtick}'+ will show the path and currently checked out
+commit for each submodule.
sync::
Synchronizes submodules' remote URL configuration setting