Merge branch 'jc/submodule-sync-no-auto-vivify'

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

diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
index 710633f9656606b2a1fc3b61cd59e69c43404f05..acb9002fe432c6849bd894567d2272bfbe8efdbc 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
@@ -101,9 +101,10 @@ status::
        currently checked out commit for each submodule, along with the
        submodule path and the output of 'git describe' 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
+       initialized, `+` 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'.
+       repository and `U` if the submodule has merge conflicts.
+       This command is the default command for 'git submodule'.
 +
 If '--recursive' is specified, this command will recurse into nested
 submodules, and show their status as well.
@@ -173,7 +174,7 @@ sync::
        repositories accordingly.
 +
 "git submodule sync" synchronizes all submodules while
-"git submodule sync -- A" synchronizes submodule "A" only.
+"git submodule sync \-- A" synchronizes submodule "A" only.
 
 OPTIONS
 -------
@@ -187,8 +188,10 @@ OPTIONS
 
 -f::
 --force::
-       This option is only valid for the add command.
-       Allow adding an otherwise ignored submodule path.
+       This option is only valid for add and update commands.
+       When running add, allow adding an otherwise ignored submodule path.
+       When running update, throw away local changes in submodules when
+       switching to a different commit.
 
 --cached::
        This option is only valid for status and summary commands.  These
@@ -259,11 +262,6 @@ This file should be formatted in the same way as `$GIT_DIR/config`. The key
 to each submodule url is "submodule.$name.url".  See linkgit:gitmodules[5]
 for details.
 
-
-AUTHOR
-------
-Written by Lars Hjemli <hjemli@gmail.com>
-
 GIT
 ---
 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite