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 e818e6e7895a94af0b05f04d2c8ecdae64583efd..b4d01605a521279e298d9764ea90f25a8ee367d2 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
@@ -18,8 +18,9 @@ COMMANDS
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 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