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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2011-07-22 14:24:35 -0700
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2011-07-22 14:24:35 -0700
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Merge branch 'jl/submodule-add-relurl-wo-upstream'
* jl/submodule-add-relurl-wo-upstream: submodule add: clean up duplicated code submodule add: allow relative repository path even when no url is set submodule add: test failure when url is not configured in superproject Conflicts: git-submodule.sh
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@@ -78,7 +78,9 @@ to exist in the superproject. If <path> is not given, the
<repository> is the URL of the new submodule's origin repository.
This may be either an absolute URL, or (if it begins with ./
or ../), the location relative to the superproject's origin
-repository.
+repository. If the superproject doesn't have an origin configured
+the superproject is its own authoritative upstream and the current
+working directory is used instead.
+
<path> is the relative location for the cloned submodule to
exist in the superproject. If <path> does not exist, then the