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authorStefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>2017-07-28 14:40:11 -0700
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2017-07-28 15:26:02 -0700
commit57f22bf9979c94f66c3596fb28d0588c1edc2f8d (patch)
tree8f8882294f341aed0dbf8c71f97395afa60fc7bb /Documentation
parent3ef253803211f5ec38c88635bfd50f91ccd98e16 (diff)
downloadgit-sb/submodule-recursive-checkout-detach-head.tar.gz
Documentation/checkout: clarify submodule HEADs to be detachedsb/submodule-recursive-checkout-detach-head
Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
index d6399c0af8..84bd323a00 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
@@ -262,6 +262,8 @@ section of linkgit:git-add[1] to learn how to operate the `--patch` mode.
local modifications in a submodule would be overwritten the checkout
will fail unless `-f` is used. If nothing (or --no-recurse-submodules)
is used, the work trees of submodules will not be updated.
+ Just like linkgit:git-submodule[1], this will detach the
+ submodules HEAD.
<branch>::
Branch to checkout; if it refers to a branch (i.e., a name that,