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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2011-08-16 11:41:26 -0700
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2011-08-16 11:41:26 -0700
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Merge branch 'jc/submodule-sync-no-auto-vivify' into maint
* jc/submodule-sync-no-auto-vivify: submodule add: always initialize .git/config entry submodule sync: do not auto-vivify uninteresting submodule
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
index 5e7a4130e..2b31d5f1f 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
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@@ -167,7 +167,9 @@ commit for each submodule.
sync::
Synchronizes submodules' remote URL configuration setting
- to the value specified in .gitmodules. This is useful when
+ to the value specified in .gitmodules. It will only affect those
+ submodules which already have an url entry in .git/config (that is the
+ case when they are initialized or freshly added). This is useful when
submodule URLs change upstream and you need to update your local
repositories accordingly.
+