merge: make branch.<name>.mergeoptions correctly override merge.<option>

[git.git] / Documentation / gitmodules.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/gitmodules.txt b/Documentation/gitmodules.txt
index 1b67f0a9f12974afca2e8e6948d0fca564b9b17b..5daf750d1942f3b97844b4ef378daf9346cb46d4 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/gitmodules.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitmodules.txt
@@ -35,9 +35,11 @@ submodule.<name>.update::
        If 'checkout' (the default), the new commit specified in the
        superproject will be checked out in the submodule on a detached HEAD.
        If 'rebase', the current branch of the submodule will be rebased onto
        If 'checkout' (the default), the new commit specified in the
        superproject will be checked out in the submodule on a detached HEAD.
        If 'rebase', the current branch of the submodule will be rebased onto

-       the commit specified in the superproject.
+       the commit specified in the superproject. If 'merge', the commit
+       specified in the superproject will be merged into the current branch
+       in the submodule.

        This config option is overridden if 'git submodule update' is given
        This config option is overridden if 'git submodule update' is given

-       the '--rebase' option.
+       the '--merge' or '--rebase' options.

 
 
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