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authorEmily Shaffer <emilyshaffer@google.com>2020-02-20 19:10:27 -0800
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2020-02-25 10:00:38 -0800
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clone: pass --single-branch during --recurse-submodules
Previously, performing "git clone --recurse-submodules --single-branch" resulted in submodules cloning all branches even though the superproject cloned only one branch. Pipe --single-branch through the submodule helper framework to make it to 'clone' later on. Signed-off-by: Emily Shaffer <emilyshaffer@google.com> Acked-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
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+++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ If you really want to remove a submodule from the repository and commit
that use linkgit:git-rm[1] instead. See linkgit:gitsubmodules[7] for removal
options.
-update [--init] [--remote] [-N|--no-fetch] [--[no-]recommend-shallow] [-f|--force] [--checkout|--rebase|--merge] [--reference <repository>] [--depth <depth>] [--recursive] [--jobs <n>] [--] [<path>...]::
+update [--init] [--remote] [-N|--no-fetch] [--[no-]recommend-shallow] [-f|--force] [--checkout|--rebase|--merge] [--reference <repository>] [--depth <depth>] [--recursive] [--jobs <n>] [--[no-]single-branch] [--] [<path>...]::
+
--
Update the registered submodules to match what the superproject
@@ -430,6 +430,10 @@ options carefully.
Clone new submodules in parallel with as many jobs.
Defaults to the `submodule.fetchJobs` option.
+--[no-]single-branch::
+ This option is only valid for the update command.
+ Clone only one branch during update: HEAD or one specified by --branch.
+
<path>...::
Paths to submodule(s). When specified this will restrict the command
to only operate on the submodules found at the specified paths.