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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2014-03-14 14:26:58 -0700
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2014-03-14 14:26:58 -0700
commitd73e6160031e1753c81cf0d72b0f9525cf93dca0 (patch)
tree47ac2177ab0356cd62bfc6796b5500e141bbca54
parent2b66d315bbf06d9cec92079e79408648ac05258b (diff)
parent893a9764dc5e6d5d3432a47f595ffffade1edd9c (diff)
downloadgit-d73e6160031e1753c81cf0d72b0f9525cf93dca0.tar.gz
Merge branch 'jl/doc-submodule-update-checkout'
Add missing documentation for "submodule update --checkout". * jl/doc-submodule-update-checkout: submodule update: consistently document the '--checkout' option
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-submodule.txt11
-rwxr-xr-xgit-submodule.sh2
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
index 21cb59a6d6..46c1eebb93 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
'git submodule' [--quiet] init [--] [<path>...]
'git submodule' [--quiet] deinit [-f|--force] [--] <path>...
'git submodule' [--quiet] update [--init] [--remote] [-N|--no-fetch]
- [-f|--force] [--rebase|--merge|--checkout] [--reference <repository>]
+ [-f|--force] [--checkout|--rebase|--merge] [--reference <repository>]
[--depth <depth>] [--recursive] [--] [<path>...]
'git submodule' [--quiet] summary [--cached|--files] [(-n|--summary-limit) <n>]
[commit] [--] [<path>...]
@@ -315,6 +315,15 @@ the submodule itself.
This option is only valid for the update command.
Don't fetch new objects from the remote site.
+--checkout::
+ This option is only valid for the update command.
+ Checkout the commit recorded in the superproject on a detached HEAD
+ in the submodule. This is the default behavior, the main use of
+ this option is to override `submodule.$name.update` when set to
+ `merge`, `rebase` or `none`.
+ If the key `submodule.$name.update` is either not explicitly set or
+ set to `checkout`, this option is implicit.
+
--merge::
This option is only valid for the update command.
Merge the commit recorded in the superproject into the current branch
diff --git a/git-submodule.sh b/git-submodule.sh
index a33f68d27c..6135cfa912 100755
--- a/git-submodule.sh
+++ b/git-submodule.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ USAGE="[--quiet] add [-b <branch>] [-f|--force] [--name <name>] [--reference <re
or: $dashless [--quiet] status [--cached] [--recursive] [--] [<path>...]
or: $dashless [--quiet] init [--] [<path>...]
or: $dashless [--quiet] deinit [-f|--force] [--] <path>...
- or: $dashless [--quiet] update [--init] [--remote] [-N|--no-fetch] [-f|--force] [--rebase] [--reference <repository>] [--merge] [--recursive] [--] [<path>...]
+ or: $dashless [--quiet] update [--init] [--remote] [-N|--no-fetch] [-f|--force] [--checkout|--merge|--rebase] [--reference <repository>] [--recursive] [--] [<path>...]
or: $dashless [--quiet] summary [--cached|--files] [--summary-limit <n>] [commit] [--] [<path>...]
or: $dashless [--quiet] foreach [--recursive] <command>
or: $dashless [--quiet] sync [--recursive] [--] [<path>...]"