submodule sync: do not auto-vivify uninteresting submodule

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

diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
index 1ed331c599d4b492b0dec112332bb83db5506d74..710633f9656606b2a1fc3b61cd59e69c43404f05 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
@@ -166,7 +166,9 @@ commit for each submodule.
 
 sync::
        Synchronizes submodules' remote URL configuration setting
-       to the value specified in .gitmodules.  This is useful when
+       to the value specified in .gitmodules. It will only affect those
+       submodules which already have an url entry in .git/config (that is the
+       case when they are initialized or freshly added). This is useful when
        submodule URLs change upstream and you need to update your local
        repositories accordingly.
 +