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-rw-r--r--Documentation/config.txt12
-rw-r--r--Documentation/diff-config.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-status.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gitmodules.txt3
4 files changed, 24 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index ec57a15ac5..424aa51edb 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -2142,7 +2142,14 @@ status.submodulesummary::
If this is set to a non zero number or true (identical to -1 or an
unlimited number), the submodule summary will be enabled and a
summary of commits for modified submodules will be shown (see
- --summary-limit option of linkgit:git-submodule[1]).
+ --summary-limit option of linkgit:git-submodule[1]). Please note
+ that the summary output command will be suppressed for all
+ submodules when `diff.ignoreSubmodules` is set to 'all' or only
+ for those submodules where `submodule.<name>.ignore=all`. To
+ also view the summary for ignored submodules you can either use
+ the --ignore-submodules=dirty command line option or the 'git
+ submodule summary' command, which shows a similar output but does
+ not honor these settings.
submodule.<name>.path::
submodule.<name>.url::
@@ -2177,7 +2184,8 @@ submodule.<name>.ignore::
submodules that have untracked files in their work tree as changed.
This setting overrides any setting made in .gitmodules for this submodule,
both settings can be overridden on the command line by using the
- "--ignore-submodules" option.
+ "--ignore-submodules" option. The 'git submodule' commands are not
+ affected by this setting.
tar.umask::
This variable can be used to restrict the permission bits of
diff --git a/Documentation/diff-config.txt b/Documentation/diff-config.txt
index ac77050255..223b9310df 100644
--- a/Documentation/diff-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-config.txt
@@ -73,7 +73,11 @@ diff.ignoreSubmodules::
Sets the default value of --ignore-submodules. Note that this
affects only 'git diff' Porcelain, and not lower level 'diff'
commands such as 'git diff-files'. 'git checkout' also honors
- this setting when reporting uncommitted changes.
+ this setting when reporting uncommitted changes. Setting it to
+ 'all' disables the submodule summary normally shown by 'git commit'
+ and 'git status' when 'status.submodulesummary' is set unless it is
+ overridden by using the --ignore-submodules command line option.
+ The 'git submodule' commands are not affected by this setting.
diff.mnemonicprefix::
If set, 'git diff' uses a prefix pair that is different from the
diff --git a/Documentation/git-status.txt b/Documentation/git-status.txt
index 9046df98a0..a4acaa038c 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-status.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-status.txt
@@ -210,7 +210,13 @@ directory.
If `status.submodulesummary` is set to a non zero number or true (identical
to -1 or an unlimited number), the submodule summary will be enabled for
the long format and a summary of commits for modified submodules will be
-shown (see --summary-limit option of linkgit:git-submodule[1]).
+shown (see --summary-limit option of linkgit:git-submodule[1]). Please note
+that the summary output from the status command will be suppressed for all
+submodules when `diff.ignoreSubmodules` is set to 'all' or only for those
+submodules where `submodule.<name>.ignore=all`. To also view the summary for
+ignored submodules you can either use the --ignore-submodules=dirty command
+line option or the 'git submodule summary' command, which shows a similar
+output but does not honor these settings.
SEE ALSO
--------
diff --git a/Documentation/gitmodules.txt b/Documentation/gitmodules.txt
index 6a1ca4abad..f7be93f631 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitmodules.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitmodules.txt
@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ submodule.<name>.ignore::
the superproject, the setting there will override the one found in
.gitmodules.
Both settings can be overridden on the command line by using the
- "--ignore-submodule" option.
+ "--ignore-submodule" option. The 'git submodule' commands are not
+ affected by this setting.
EXAMPLES