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| author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2009-06-20 21:51:13 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2009-06-20 21:51:13 -0700 |
| commit | a49eb197d809d2d7efbd81d935c61e1a0caa983e (patch) | |
| tree | 06512c227fba59faaee57dcfe1ba71f049c4d0a7 /Documentation/git-submodule.txt | |
| parent | c28a17f270a51a4ed5e432e83c0ed962361a37c9 (diff) | |
| parent | 42b491786260eb17d97ea9fb1c4b70075bca9523 (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'ph/submodule-rebase'
* ph/submodule-rebase:
git-submodule: add support for --merge.
Conflicts:
Documentation/git-submodule.txt
git-submodule.sh
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-submodule.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-submodule.txt | 15 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt index cd8e861ce..470bd75ad 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt @@ -115,8 +115,9 @@ 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 unless '--rebase' is - specified or the key `submodule.$name.update` is set to `rebase`. + This will make the submodules HEAD be detached unless '--rebase' or + '--merge' is specified or the key `submodule.$name.update` is set to + `rebase` or `merge`. + If the submodule is not yet initialized, and you just want to use the setting as stored in .gitmodules, you can automatically initialize the @@ -180,6 +181,16 @@ OPTIONS This option is only valid for the update command. Don't fetch new objects from the remote site. +--merge:: + This option is only valid for the update command. + Merge the commit recorded in the superproject into the current branch + of the submodule. If this option is given, the submodule's HEAD will + not be detached. If a merge failure prevents this process, you will + have to resolve the resulting conflicts within the submodule with the + usual conflict resolution tools. + If the key `submodule.$name.update` is set to `merge`, this option is + implicit. + --rebase:: This option is only valid for the update command. Rebase the current branch onto the commit recorded in the |