Submodules: Add the "fetchRecurseSubmodules" config option

[git.git] / Documentation / gitmodules.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/gitmodules.txt b/Documentation/gitmodules.txt
index bcffd95ada574a8fb3c6e62e539e736a17170414..6c93202e735e7b7caad89120245050e0a06e5537 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/gitmodules.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitmodules.txt
@@ -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 enable/disable 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 overriden 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