Add --depth to submodule update/add

[thirdparty/git.git] / Documentation / git-submodule.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
index e5767134b1a2a84c284e87c900948e4530b25576..605419f1895114f4292695109defba9c5e4c1015 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@ SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
 'git submodule' [--quiet] add [-b <branch>] [-f|--force] [--name <name>]
-             [--reference <repository>] [--] <repository> [<path>]
+             [--reference <repository>] [--depth <depth>] [--] <repository> [<path>]
 'git submodule' [--quiet] status [--cached] [--recursive] [--] [<path>...]
 'git submodule' [--quiet] init [--] [<path>...]
 'git submodule' [--quiet] deinit [-f|--force] [--] <path>...
 'git submodule' [--quiet] update [--init] [--remote] [-N|--no-fetch]
-             [-f|--force] [--rebase] [--reference <repository>]
+             [-f|--force] [--rebase] [--reference <repository>] [--depth <depth>]
              [--merge] [--recursive] [--] [<path>...]
 'git submodule' [--quiet] summary [--cached|--files] [(-n|--summary-limit) <n>]
              [commit] [--] [<path>...]
@@ -328,6 +328,12 @@ for linkgit:git-clone[1]'s `--reference` and `--shared` options carefully.
        only in the submodules of the current repo, but also
        in any nested submodules inside those submodules (and so on).
 
+--depth::
+       This option is valid for add and update commands. Create a 'shallow'
+       clone with a history truncated to the specified number of revisions.
+       See linkgit:git-clone[1]
+
+
 <path>...::
        Paths to submodule(s). When specified this will restrict the command
        to only operate on the submodules found at the specified paths.