Merge branch 'pb/maint-1.6.2-userdiff-fix'

diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
index 2f207fbbda04c176cedd5a88c88f74e2ac97cf2e..cd8e861ce4ae33b25928a16aa213933d2a38a155 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
@@ -9,10 +9,12 @@ git-submodule - Initialize, update or inspect submodules
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git submodule' [--quiet] add [-b branch] [--] <repository> <path>
+'git submodule' [--quiet] add [-b branch]
+             [--reference <repository>] [--] <repository> <path>
 'git submodule' [--quiet] status [--cached] [--] [<path>...]
 'git submodule' [--quiet] init [--] [<path>...]
-'git submodule' [--quiet] update [--init] [--] [<path>...]
+'git submodule' [--quiet] update [--init] [-N|--no-fetch] [--rebase]
+             [--reference <repository>] [--] [<path>...]
 'git submodule' [--quiet] summary [--summary-limit <n>] [commit] [--] [<path>...]
 'git submodule' [--quiet] foreach <command>
 'git submodule' [--quiet] sync [--] [<path>...]
@@ -113,7 +115,8 @@ init::
 update::
        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.
+       This will make the submodules HEAD be detached unless '--rebase' is
+       specified or the key `submodule.$name.update` is set to `rebase`.
 +
 If the submodule is not yet initialized, and you just want to use the
 setting as stored in .gitmodules, you can automatically initialize the
@@ -172,6 +175,28 @@ OPTIONS
        (the default). This limit only applies to modified submodules. The
        size is always limited to 1 for added/deleted/typechanged submodules.
 
+-N::
+--no-fetch::
+       This option is only valid for the update command.
+       Don't fetch new objects from the remote site.
+
+--rebase::
+       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
+       to resolve these failures with linkgit:git-rebase[1].
+       If the key `submodule.$name.update` is set to `rebase`, this option is
+       implicit.
+
+--reference <repository>::
+       This option is only valid for add and update commands.  These
+       commands sometimes need to clone a remote repository. In this case,
+       this option will be passed to the linkgit:git-clone[1] command.
++
+*NOTE*: Do *not* use this option unless you have read the note
+for linkgit:git-clone[1]'s --reference and --shared options carefully.
+
 <path>...::
        Paths to submodule(s). When specified this will restrict the command
        to only operate on the submodules found at the specified paths.