Documentation/git-submodule.txt

   1 git-submodule(1)
   2 ================
   3
   4 NAME
   5 ----
   6 git-submodule - Initialize, update or inspect submodules
   7
   8
   9 SYNOPSIS
  10 --------
  11 [verse]
  12 'git-submodule' [--quiet] [-b branch] add <repository> [<path>]
  13 'git-submodule' [--quiet] [--cached] [status|init|update] [--] [<path>...]
  14
  15
  16 COMMANDS
  17 --------
  18 add::
  19         Add the given repository as a submodule at the given path
  20         to the changeset to be committed next.  In particular, the
  21         repository is cloned at the specified path, added to the
  22         changeset and registered in .gitmodules.   If no path is
  23         specified, the path is deduced from the repository specification.
  24
  25 status::
  26         Show the status of the submodules. This will print the SHA-1 of the
  27         currently checked out commit for each submodule, along with the
  28         submodule path and the output of gitlink:git-describe[1] for the
  29         SHA-1. Each SHA-1 will be prefixed with `-` if the submodule is not
  30         initialized and `+` if the currently checked out submodule commit
  31         does not match the SHA-1 found in the index of the containing
  32         repository. This command is the default command for git-submodule.
  33
  34 init::
  35         Initialize the submodules, i.e. register in .git/config each submodule
  36         name and url found in .gitmodules. The key used in .git/config is
  37         `submodule.$name.url`. This command does not alter existing information
  38         in .git/config.
  39
  40 update::
  41         Update the registered submodules, i.e. clone missing submodules and
  42         checkout the commit specified in the index of the containing repository.
  43         This will make the submodules HEAD be detached.
  44
  45
  46 OPTIONS
  47 -------
  48 -q, --quiet::
  49         Only print error messages.
  50
  51 -b, --branch::
  52         Branch of repository to add as submodule.
  53
  54 --cached::
  55         Display the SHA-1 stored in the index, not the SHA-1 of the currently
  56         checked out submodule commit. This option is only valid for the
  57         status command.
  58
  59 <path>::
  60         Path to submodule(s). When specified this will restrict the command
  61         to only operate on the submodules found at the specified paths.
  62
  63 FILES
  64 -----
  65 When initializing submodules, a .gitmodules file in the top-level directory
  66 of the containing repository is used to find the url of each submodule.
  67 This file should be formatted in the same way as $GIR_DIR/config. The key
  68 to each submodule url is "submodule.$name.url".
  69
  70
  71 AUTHOR
  72 ------
  73 Written by Lars Hjemli <hjemli@gmail.com>
  74
  75 GIT
  76 ---
  77 Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite