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author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2009-06-21 08:51:13 +0400 |
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committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2009-06-21 08:51:13 +0400 |
commit | a49eb197d809d2d7efbd81d935c61e1a0caa983e (patch) | |
tree | 06512c227fba59faaee57dcfe1ba71f049c4d0a7 /Documentation | |
parent | c28a17f270a51a4ed5e432e83c0ed962361a37c9 (diff) | |
parent | 42b491786260eb17d97ea9fb1c4b70075bca9523 (diff) |
Merge branch 'ph/submodule-rebase'
* ph/submodule-rebase:
git-submodule: add support for --merge.
Conflicts:
Documentation/git-submodule.txt
git-submodule.sh
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-submodule.txt | 15 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/gitmodules.txt | 6 |
2 files changed, 17 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt index cd8e861ce4..470bd75ad9 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt @@ -115,8 +115,9 @@ init:: 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 unless '--rebase' is - specified or the key `submodule.$name.update` is set to `rebase`. + This will make the submodules HEAD be detached unless '--rebase' or + '--merge' is specified or the key `submodule.$name.update` is set to + `rebase` or `merge`. + If the submodule is not yet initialized, and you just want to use the setting as stored in .gitmodules, you can automatically initialize the @@ -180,6 +181,16 @@ OPTIONS This option is only valid for the update command. Don't fetch new objects from the remote site. +--merge:: + This option is only valid for the update command. + Merge the commit recorded in the superproject into the current branch + of the submodule. If this option is given, the submodule's HEAD will + not be detached. If a merge failure prevents this process, you will + have to resolve the resulting conflicts within the submodule with the + usual conflict resolution tools. + If the key `submodule.$name.update` is set to `merge`, this option is + implicit. + --rebase:: This option is only valid for the update command. Rebase the current branch onto the commit recorded in the diff --git a/Documentation/gitmodules.txt b/Documentation/gitmodules.txt index 1b67f0a9f1..5daf750d19 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitmodules.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitmodules.txt @@ -35,9 +35,11 @@ submodule.<name>.update:: If 'checkout' (the default), the new commit specified in the superproject will be checked out in the submodule on a detached HEAD. If 'rebase', the current branch of the submodule will be rebased onto - the commit specified in the superproject. + the commit specified in the superproject. If 'merge', the commit + specified in the superproject will be merged into the current branch + in the submodule. This config option is overridden if 'git submodule update' is given - the '--rebase' option. + the '--merge' or '--rebase' options. EXAMPLES |