Documentation/git-submodule.txt

git-submodule(1)
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NAME
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git-submodule - Initialize, update or inspect submodules


SYNOPSIS
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'git-submodule' [--quiet] [--cached] [status|init|update] [--] [<path>...]


COMMANDS
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status::
	Show the status of the submodules. This will print the SHA-1 of the
	currently checked out commit for each submodule, along with the
	submodule path and the output of gitlink:git-describe[1] for the
	SHA-1. Each SHA-1 will be prefixed with `-` if the submodule is not
	initialized and `+` if the currently checked out submodule commit
	does not match the SHA-1 found in the index of the containing
	repository. This command is the default command for git-submodule.

init::
	Initialize the submodules, i.e. register in .git/config each submodule
	path and url found in .gitmodules. The key used in git/config is
	`submodule.$path.url`. This command does not alter existing information
	in .git/config.

update::
	Update the registered submodules, i.e. clone missing submodules and
	checkout the commit specified in the index of the containing repository.
	This will make the submodules HEAD be detached.


OPTIONS
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-q, --quiet::
	Only print error messages.

--cached::
	Display the SHA-1 stored in the index, not the SHA-1 of the currently
	checked out submodule commit. This option is only valid for the
	status command.

<path>::
	Path to submodule(s). When specified this will restrict the command
	to only operate on the submodules found at the specified paths.

FILES
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When initializing submodules, a .gitmodules file in the top-level directory
of the containing repository is used to find the url of each submodule.
This file should be formatted in the same way as $GIR_DIR/config. The key
to each submodule url is "module.$path.url".


AUTHOR
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Written by Lars Hjemli <hjemli@gmail.com>

GIT
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Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite