Merge branch 'mn/maint-iconv-autoconf'

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

diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
index 14256c695b3817014be8ba4f45a62a2cd588939c..cd8e861ce4ae33b25928a16aa213933d2a38a155 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
              [--reference <repository>] [--] <repository> <path>
 'git submodule' [--quiet] status [--cached] [--] [<path>...]
 'git submodule' [--quiet] init [--] [<path>...]
-'git submodule' [--quiet] update [--init] [-N|--no-fetch]
+'git submodule' [--quiet] update [--init] [-N|--no-fetch] [--rebase]
              [--reference <repository>] [--] [<path>...]
 'git submodule' [--quiet] summary [--summary-limit <n>] [commit] [--] [<path>...]
 'git submodule' [--quiet] foreach <command>
@@ -115,7 +115,8 @@ init::
 update::
        Update the registered submodules, i.e. clone missing submodules and
        checkout the commit specified in the index of the containing repository.
-       This will make the submodules HEAD be detached.
+       This will make the submodules HEAD be detached unless '--rebase' is
+       specified or the key `submodule.$name.update` is set to `rebase`.
 +
 If the submodule is not yet initialized, and you just want to use the
 setting as stored in .gitmodules, you can automatically initialize the
@@ -179,6 +180,15 @@ OPTIONS
        This option is only valid for the update command.
        Don't fetch new objects from the remote site.
 
+--rebase::
+       This option is only valid for the update command.
+       Rebase the current branch onto the commit recorded in the
+       superproject. If this option is given, the submodule's HEAD will not
+       be detached. If a a merge failure prevents this process, you will have
+       to resolve these failures with linkgit:git-rebase[1].
+       If the key `submodule.$name.update` is set to `rebase`, this option is
+       implicit.
+
 --reference <repository>::
        This option is only valid for add and update commands.  These
        commands sometimes need to clone a remote repository. In this case,