Merge branch 'nd/stream-more'

[git.git] / Documentation / gitmodules.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/gitmodules.txt b/Documentation/gitmodules.txt
index bcffd95ada574a8fb3c6e62e539e736a17170414..4e1fd52e7d230c8f5e55960e960a68ef5875fe76 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/gitmodules.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitmodules.txt
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ submodule.<name>.path::
        be unique within the .gitmodules file.
 
 submodule.<name>.url::
-       Defines an url from where the submodule repository can be cloned.
+       Defines a URL from which the submodule repository can be cloned.
        This may be either an absolute URL ready to be passed to
        linkgit:git-clone[1] or (if it begins with ./ or ../) a location
        relative to the superproject's origin repository.
@@ -44,6 +44,14 @@ submodule.<name>.update::
        This config option is overridden if 'git submodule update' is given
        the '--merge' or '--rebase' options.
 
+submodule.<name>.fetchRecurseSubmodules::
+       This option can be used to control recursive fetching of this
+       submodule. If this option is also present in the submodules entry in
+       .git/config of the superproject, the setting there will override the
+       one found in .gitmodules.
+       Both settings can be overridden on the command line by using the
+       "--[no-]recurse-submodules" option to "git fetch" and "git pull".
+
 submodule.<name>.ignore::
        Defines under what circumstances "git status" and the diff family show
        a submodule as modified. When set to "all", it will never be considered
@@ -76,16 +84,12 @@ Consider the following .gitmodules file:
 
 This defines two submodules, `libfoo` and `libbar`. These are expected to
 be checked out in the paths 'include/foo' and 'include/bar', and for both
-submodules an url is specified which can be used for cloning the submodules.
+submodules a URL is specified which can be used for cloning the submodules.
 
 SEE ALSO
 --------
 linkgit:git-submodule[1] linkgit:git-config[1]
 
-DOCUMENTATION
--------------
-Documentation by Lars Hjemli <hjemli@gmail.com>
-
 GIT
 ---
 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite