Merge branch 'mn/maint-iconv-autoconf'

[git.git] / Documentation / git-submodule.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
index 3b8df4467377d73d613f76875c725cbf8544ee77..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]
 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] status [--cached] [--] [<path>...]
 'git submodule' [--quiet] init [--] [<path>...]

-'git submodule' [--quiet] update [--init] [-N|--no-fetch] [--] [<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>...]
 '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.
 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
 +
 If the submodule is not yet initialized, and you just want to use the
 setting as stored in .gitmodules, you can automatically initialize the


@@ -177,6 +180,23 @@ OPTIONS
        This option is only valid for the update command.
        Don't fetch new objects from the remote site.
 
        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.
 <path>...::
        Paths to submodule(s). When specified this will restrict the command
        to only operate on the submodules found at the specified paths.