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diff --git a/Documentation/config/submodule.txt b/Documentation/config/submodule.txt index ee454f8126..6490527b45 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/submodule.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/submodule.txt @@ -59,18 +59,33 @@ submodule.active:: submodule.recurse:: A boolean indicating if commands should enable the `--recurse-submodules` - option by default. - Applies to all commands that support this option - (`checkout`, `fetch`, `grep`, `pull`, `push`, `read-tree`, `reset`, - `restore` and `switch`) except `clone` and `ls-files`. + option by default. Defaults to false. ++ +When set to true, it can be deactivated via the +`--no-recurse-submodules` option. Note that some Git commands +lacking this option may call some of the above commands affected by +`submodule.recurse`; for instance `git remote update` will call +`git fetch` but does not have a `--no-recurse-submodules` option. +For these commands a workaround is to temporarily change the +configuration value by using `git -c submodule.recurse=0`. ++ +The following list shows the commands that accept +`--recurse-submodules` and whether they are supported by this +setting. + +* `checkout`, `fetch`, `grep`, `pull`, `push`, `read-tree`, +`reset`, `restore` and `switch` are always supported. +* `clone` and `ls-files` are not supported. +* `branch` is supported only if `submodule.propagateBranches` is +enabled + +submodule.propagateBranches:: + [EXPERIMENTAL] A boolean that enables branching support when + using `--recurse-submodules` or `submodule.recurse=true`. + Enabling this will allow certain commands to accept + `--recurse-submodules` and certain commands that already accept + `--recurse-submodules` will now consider branches. Defaults to false. - When set to true, it can be deactivated via the - `--no-recurse-submodules` option. Note that some Git commands - lacking this option may call some of the above commands affected by - `submodule.recurse`; for instance `git remote update` will call - `git fetch` but does not have a `--no-recurse-submodules` option. - For these commands a workaround is to temporarily change the - configuration value by using `git -c submodule.recurse=0`. submodule.fetchJobs:: Specifies how many submodules are fetched/cloned at the same time. |