From: Denton Liu Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2019 10:18:55 +0000 (-0800) Subject: git-submodule.txt: "--branch " option defaults to 'master' X-Git-Tag: v2.22.0-rc0~55^2~2 X-Git-Url: https://git.lorimer.id.au/gitweb.git/diff_plain/7a4bb55f3a47756b5cd9ca2d120c7fe119439e81 git-submodule.txt: "--branch " option defaults to 'master' This behavior is mentioned in gitmodules.txt but not in git-submodule.txt so we copy the information over so that it is not missed. Also, add the missed argument to the -b/--branch option. Signed-off-by: Denton Liu Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt index ba3c4df550..4150148fa3 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt @@ -255,13 +255,14 @@ OPTIONS This option is only valid for the deinit command. Unregister all submodules in the working tree. --b:: ---branch:: +-b :: +--branch :: Branch of repository to add as submodule. The name of the branch is recorded as `submodule..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::