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1git-submodule(1)
2================
3
4NAME
5----
6git-submodule - Initialize, update or inspect submodules
7
8
9SYNOPSIS
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ecda0723 11'git-submodule' [--quiet] [-b branch] add <repository> [<path>]
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12'git-submodule' [--quiet] [--cached] [status|init|update] [--] [<path>...]
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14
15COMMANDS
16--------
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17add::
18 Add the given repository as a submodule at the given path
19 to the changeset to be committed next. In particular, the
20 repository is cloned at the specified path, added to the
21 changeset and registered in .gitmodules. If no path is
22 specified, the path is deduced from the repository specification.
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24status::
25 Show the status of the submodules. This will print the SHA-1 of the
26 currently checked out commit for each submodule, along with the
27 submodule path and the output of gitlink:git-describe[1] for the
28 SHA-1. Each SHA-1 will be prefixed with `-` if the submodule is not
29 initialized and `+` if the currently checked out submodule commit
30 does not match the SHA-1 found in the index of the containing
31 repository. This command is the default command for git-submodule.
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33init::
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34 Initialize the submodules, i.e. register in .git/config each submodule
35 path and url found in .gitmodules. The key used in git/config is
36 `submodule.$path.url`. This command does not alter existing information
37 in .git/config.
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39update::
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40 Update the registered submodules, i.e. clone missing submodules and
41 checkout the commit specified in the index of the containing repository.
42 This will make the submodules HEAD be detached.
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43
44
45OPTIONS
46-------
47-q, --quiet::
48 Only print error messages.
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50-b, --branch::
51 Branch of repository to add as submodule.
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53--cached::
54 Display the SHA-1 stored in the index, not the SHA-1 of the currently
55 checked out submodule commit. This option is only valid for the
56 status command.
57
58<path>::
59 Path to submodule(s). When specified this will restrict the command
60 to only operate on the submodules found at the specified paths.
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62FILES
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211b7f19 64When initializing submodules, a .gitmodules file in the top-level directory
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65of the containing repository is used to find the url of each submodule.
66This file should be formatted in the same way as $GIR_DIR/config. The key
67to each submodule url is "module.$path.url".
68
69
70AUTHOR
71------
72Written by Lars Hjemli <hjemli@gmail.com>
73
74GIT
75---
76Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite