'git submodule update' will fetch new commits from the submodule remote
if the SHA-1 recorded in the superproject is not found. This was not
mentioned in the documentation.
Helped-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Helped-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Philippe Blain <levraiphilippeblain@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
+
--
Update the registered submodules to match what the superproject
+
--
Update the registered submodules to match what the superproject
-expects by cloning missing submodules and updating the working tree of
+expects by cloning missing submodules, fetching missing commits
+in submodules and updating the working tree of
the submodules. The "updating" can be done in several ways depending
on command line options and the value of `submodule.<name>.update`
configuration variable. The command line option takes precedence over
the submodules. The "updating" can be done in several ways depending
on command line options and the value of `submodule.<name>.update`
configuration variable. The command line option takes precedence over