git-commit-vandalism/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
Lars Hjemli 211b7f19c7 git-submodule: clone during update, not during init
This teaches 'git-submodule init' to register submodule paths and urls in
.git/config instead of actually cloning them. The cloning is now handled
as part of 'git-submodule update'.

With this change it is possible to specify preferred/alternate urls for
the submodules in .git/config before the submodules are cloned.

Signed-off-by: Lars Hjemli <hjemli@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2007-06-06 02:49:08 -07:00

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git-submodule(1)
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NAME
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git-submodule - Initialize, update or inspect submodules
SYNOPSIS
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'git-submodule' [--quiet] [--cached] [status|init|update] [--] [<path>...]
COMMANDS
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status::
Show the status of the submodules. This will print the SHA-1 of the
currently checked out commit for each submodule, along with the
submodule path and the output of gitlink:git-describe[1] for the
SHA-1. Each SHA-1 will be prefixed with `-` if the submodule is not
initialized and `+` if the currently checked out submodule commit
does not match the SHA-1 found in the index of the containing
repository. This command is the default command for git-submodule.
init::
Initialize the submodules, i.e. register in .git/config each submodule
path and url found in .gitmodules. The key used in git/config is
`submodule.$path.url`. This command does not alter existing information
in .git/config.
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.
OPTIONS
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-q, --quiet::
Only print error messages.
--cached::
Display the SHA-1 stored in the index, not the SHA-1 of the currently
checked out submodule commit. This option is only valid for the
status command.
<path>::
Path to submodule(s). When specified this will restrict the command
to only operate on the submodules found at the specified paths.
FILES
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When initializing submodules, a .gitmodules file in the top-level directory
of the containing repository is used to find the url of each submodule.
This file should be formatted in the same way as $GIR_DIR/config. The key
to each submodule url is "module.$path.url".
AUTHOR
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Written by Lars Hjemli <hjemli@gmail.com>
GIT
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Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite