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Doc update.

* ss/gitmodules-ignore-doc:
  gitmodules: clarify the ignore option values
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@ -66,17 +66,26 @@ submodule.<name>.fetchRecurseSubmodules::
submodule.<name>.ignore::
Defines under what circumstances "git status" and the diff family show
a submodule as modified. When set to "all", it will never be considered
modified (but will nonetheless show up in the output of status and
commit when it has been staged), "dirty" will ignore all changes
to the submodules work tree and
takes only differences between the HEAD of the submodule and the commit
recorded in the superproject into account. "untracked" will additionally
let submodules with modified tracked files in their work tree show up.
Using "none" (the default when this option is not set) also shows
submodules that have untracked files in their work tree as changed.
If this option is also present in the submodules entry in .git/config of
the superproject, the setting there will override the one found in
a submodule as modified. The following values are supported:
all;; The submodule will never be considered modified (but will
nonetheless show up in the output of status and commit when it has
been staged).
dirty;; All changes to the submodule's work tree will be ignored, only
committed differences between the HEAD of the submodule and its
recorded state in the superproject are taken into account.
untracked;; Only untracked files in submodules will be ignored.
Committed differences and modifications to tracked files will show
up.
none;; No modifiations to submodules are ignored, all of committed
differences, and modifications to tracked and untracked files are
shown. This is the default option.
If this option is also present in the submodules entry in .git/config
of the superproject, the setting there will override the one found in
.gitmodules.
Both settings can be overridden on the command line by using the
"--ignore-submodule" option. The 'git submodule' commands are not