'git submodule' [--quiet] init [--] [<path>...]
'git submodule' [--quiet] deinit [-f|--force] (--all|[--] <path>...)
'git submodule' [--quiet] update [<options>] [--] [<path>...]
+'git submodule' [--quiet] set-branch [<options>] [--] <path>
'git submodule' [--quiet] summary [<options>] [--] [<path>...]
'git submodule' [--quiet] foreach [--recursive] <command>
'git submodule' [--quiet] sync [--recursive] [--] [<path>...]
If `--recursive` is specified, this command will recurse into the
registered submodules, and update any nested submodules within.
--
+set-branch ((-d|--default)|(-b|--branch <branch>)) [--] <path>::
+ Sets the default remote tracking branch for the submodule. The
+ `--branch` option allows the remote branch to be specified. The
+ `--default` option removes the submodule.<name>.branch configuration
+ key, which causes the tracking branch to default to 'master'.
+
summary [--cached|--files] [(-n|--summary-limit) <n>] [commit] [--] [<path>...]::
Show commit summary between the given commit (defaults to HEAD) and
working tree/index. For a submodule in question, a series of commits
This option is only valid for the deinit command. Unregister all
submodules in the working tree.
--b::
---branch::
+-b <branch>::
+--branch <branch>::
Branch of repository to add as submodule.
The name of the branch is recorded as `submodule.<name>.branch` in
`.gitmodules` for `update --remote`. A special value of `.` is used to
indicate that the name of the branch in the submodule should be the
- same name as the current branch in the current repository.
+ same name as the current branch in the current repository. If the
+ option is not specified, it defaults to 'master'.
-f::
--force::