Documentation/gitmodules.txt

   1 gitmodules(5)
   2 =============
   3
   4 NAME
   5 ----
   6 gitmodules - defining submodule properties
   7
   8 SYNOPSIS
   9 --------
  10 $GIT_WORK_DIR/.gitmodules
  11
  12
  13 DESCRIPTION
  14 -----------
  15
  16 The `.gitmodules` file, located in the top-level directory of a git
  17 working tree, is a text file with a syntax matching the requirements
  18 of linkgit:git-config[1].
  19
  20 The file contains one subsection per submodule, and the subsection value
  21 is the name of the submodule. Each submodule section also contains the
  22 following required keys:
  23
  24 submodule.<name>.path::
  25         Defines the path, relative to the top-level directory of the git
  26         working tree, where the submodule is expected to be checked out.
  27         The path name must not end with a `/`. All submodule paths must
  28         be unique within the .gitmodules file.
  29
  30 submodule.<name>.url::
  31         Defines an url from where the submodule repository can be cloned.
  32         This may be either an absolute URL ready to be passed to
  33         linkgit:git-clone[1] or (if it begins with ./ or ../) a location
  34         relative to the superproject's origin repository.
  35
  36 submodule.<name>.update::
  37         Defines what to do when the submodule is updated by the superproject.
  38         If 'checkout' (the default), the new commit specified in the
  39         superproject will be checked out in the submodule on a detached HEAD.
  40         If 'rebase', the current branch of the submodule will be rebased onto
  41         the commit specified in the superproject. If 'merge', the commit
  42         specified in the superproject will be merged into the current branch
  43         in the submodule.
  44         This config option is overridden if 'git submodule update' is given
  45         the '--merge' or '--rebase' options.
  46
  47
  48 EXAMPLES
  49 --------
  50
  51 Consider the following .gitmodules file:
  52
  53         [submodule "libfoo"]
  54                 path = include/foo
  55                 url = git://foo.com/git/lib.git
  56
  57         [submodule "libbar"]
  58                 path = include/bar
  59                 url = git://bar.com/git/lib.git
  60
  61
  62 This defines two submodules, `libfoo` and `libbar`. These are expected to
  63 be checked out in the paths 'include/foo' and 'include/bar', and for both
  64 submodules an url is specified which can be used for cloning the submodules.
  65
  66 SEE ALSO
  67 --------
  68 linkgit:git-submodule[1] linkgit:git-config[1]
  69
  70 DOCUMENTATION
  71 -------------
  72 Documentation by Lars Hjemli <hjemli@gmail.com>
  73
  74 GIT
  75 ---
  76 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite