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1git-submodule(1)
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4NAME
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6git-submodule - Initialize, update or inspect submodules
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9SYNOPSIS
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ecda0723 12'git-submodule' [--quiet] [-b branch] add <repository> [<path>]
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13'git-submodule' [--quiet] [--cached] [status|init|update] [--] [<path>...]
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16COMMANDS
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18add::
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.
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24 If the repository url begins with ./ or ../, it is stored as
25 given but resolved as a relative path from the main project's
26 url when cloning.
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28status::
29 Show the status of the submodules. This will print the SHA-1 of the
30 currently checked out commit for each submodule, along with the
31 submodule path and the output of gitlink:git-describe[1] for the
32 SHA-1. Each SHA-1 will be prefixed with `-` if the submodule is not
33 initialized and `+` if the currently checked out submodule commit
34 does not match the SHA-1 found in the index of the containing
35 repository. This command is the default command for git-submodule.
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37init::
211b7f19 38 Initialize the submodules, i.e. register in .git/config each submodule
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39 name and url found in .gitmodules. The key used in .git/config is
40 `submodule.$name.url`. This command does not alter existing information
211b7f19 41 in .git/config.
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43update::
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44 Update the registered submodules, i.e. clone missing submodules and
45 checkout the commit specified in the index of the containing repository.
46 This will make the submodules HEAD be detached.
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49OPTIONS
50-------
51-q, --quiet::
52 Only print error messages.
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54-b, --branch::
55 Branch of repository to add as submodule.
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57--cached::
58 Display the SHA-1 stored in the index, not the SHA-1 of the currently
59 checked out submodule commit. This option is only valid for the
60 status command.
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62<path>::
63 Path to submodule(s). When specified this will restrict the command
64 to only operate on the submodules found at the specified paths.
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66FILES
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211b7f19 68When initializing submodules, a .gitmodules file in the top-level directory
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69of the containing repository is used to find the url of each submodule.
70This file should be formatted in the same way as $GIR_DIR/config. The key
813a0bd8 71to each submodule url is "submodule.$name.url".
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74AUTHOR
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76Written by Lars Hjemli <hjemli@gmail.com>
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78GIT
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80Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite