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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2009-05-23 01:38:24 -0700
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2009-05-23 01:38:24 -0700
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Merge branch 'mt/submodule-reference'
* mt/submodule-reference: Add --reference option to git submodule.
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-submodule.txt14
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
index 3b8df4467..14256c695 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
@@ -9,10 +9,12 @@ git-submodule - Initialize, update or inspect submodules
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git submodule' [--quiet] add [-b branch] [--] <repository> <path>
+'git submodule' [--quiet] add [-b branch]
+ [--reference <repository>] [--] <repository> <path>
'git submodule' [--quiet] status [--cached] [--] [<path>...]
'git submodule' [--quiet] init [--] [<path>...]
-'git submodule' [--quiet] update [--init] [-N|--no-fetch] [--] [<path>...]
+'git submodule' [--quiet] update [--init] [-N|--no-fetch]
+ [--reference <repository>] [--] [<path>...]
'git submodule' [--quiet] summary [--summary-limit <n>] [commit] [--] [<path>...]
'git submodule' [--quiet] foreach <command>
'git submodule' [--quiet] sync [--] [<path>...]
@@ -177,6 +179,14 @@ OPTIONS
This option is only valid for the update command.
Don't fetch new objects from the remote site.
+--reference <repository>::
+ This option is only valid for add and update commands. These
+ commands sometimes need to clone a remote repository. In this case,
+ this option will be passed to the linkgit:git-clone[1] command.
++
+*NOTE*: Do *not* use this option unless you have read the note
+for linkgit:git-clone[1]'s --reference and --shared options carefully.
+
<path>...::
Paths to submodule(s). When specified this will restrict the command
to only operate on the submodules found at the specified paths.