Merge branch 'sb/submodule-rm-absorb'

Doc update to a recently graduated topic.

* sb/submodule-rm-absorb:
  Documentation/git-rm: correct submodule description
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Junio C Hamano 2017-06-19 12:38:44 -07:00
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@ -140,10 +140,11 @@ Only submodules using a gitfile (which means they were cloned
with a Git version 1.7.8 or newer) will be removed from the work
tree, as their repository lives inside the .git directory of the
superproject. If a submodule (or one of those nested inside it)
still uses a .git directory, `git rm` will fail - no matter if forced
or not - to protect the submodule's history. If it exists the
submodule.<name> section in the linkgit:gitmodules[5] file will also
be removed and that file will be staged (unless --cached or -n are used).
still uses a .git directory, `git rm` will move the submodules
git directory into the superprojects git directory to protect
the submodule's history. If it exists the submodule.<name> section
in the linkgit:gitmodules[5] file will also be removed and that file
will be staged (unless --cached or -n are used).
A submodule is considered up-to-date when the HEAD is the same as
recorded in the index, no tracked files are modified and no untracked