git-submodule - Allow adding a submodule in-place

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

diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
index cffc6d48fb0f74c744181de25fb34532eb3d1adb..b4d01605a521279e298d9764ea90f25a8ee367d2 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
@@ -9,16 +9,18 @@ git-submodule - Initialize, update or inspect submodules
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git-submodule' [--quiet] [-b branch] add <repository> [<path>]
-'git-submodule' [--quiet] [--cached] [status|init|update] [--] [<path>...]
+'git-submodule' [--quiet] add [-b branch] [--] <repository> [<path>]
+'git-submodule' [--quiet] status [--cached] [--] [<path>...]
+'git-submodule' [--quiet] [init|update] [--] [<path>...]
 
 
 COMMANDS
 --------
 add::
        Add the given repository as a submodule at the given path
-       to the changeset to be committed next.  In particular, the
-       repository is cloned at the specified path, added to the
+       to the changeset to be committed next.  If path is a valid
+       repository within the project, it is added as is. Otherwise,
+       repository is cloned at the specified path. path is added to the
        changeset and registered in .gitmodules.   If no path is
        specified, the path is deduced from the repository specification.
        If the repository url begins with ./ or ../, it is stored as