SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git-submodule' [--quiet] add [-b branch] [--] <repository> [<path>]
-'git-submodule' [--quiet] status [--cached] [--] [<path>...]
-'git-submodule' [--quiet] [init|update] [--] [<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
--------
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
Update the registered submodules, i.e. clone missing submodules and
checkout the commit specified in the index of the containing repository.
This will make the submodules HEAD be detached.
++
+If the submodule is not yet initialized, and you just want to use the
+setting as stored in .gitmodules, you can automatically initialize the
+submodule with the --init option.
summary::
Show commit summary between the given commit (defaults to HEAD) and
OPTIONS
-------
--q, --quiet::
+-q::
+--quiet::
Only print error messages.
--b, --branch::
+-b::
+--branch::
Branch of repository to add as submodule.
--cached::
commands typically use the commit found in the submodule HEAD, but
with this option, the commit stored in the index is used instead.
--n, --summary-limit::
+-n::
+--summary-limit::
This option is only valid for the summary command.
Limit the summary size (number of commits shown in total).
Giving 0 will disable the summary; a negative number means unlimited
<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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GIT
---
-Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite
+Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite