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-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-rm.txt | 9 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-rm.txt b/Documentation/git-rm.txt index f1efc116ebb..8c87e8cdd77 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rm.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rm.txt @@ -140,10 +140,11 @@ Only submodules using a gitfile (which means they were cloned with a Git version 1.7.8 or newer) will be removed from the work tree, as their repository lives inside the .git directory of the superproject. If a submodule (or one of those nested inside it) -still uses a .git directory, `git rm` will fail - no matter if forced -or not - to protect the submodule's history. If it exists the -submodule.<name> section in the linkgit:gitmodules[5] file will also -be removed and that file will be staged (unless --cached or -n are used). +still uses a .git directory, `git rm` will move the submodules +git directory into the superprojects git directory to protect +the submodule's history. If it exists the submodule.<name> section +in the linkgit:gitmodules[5] file will also be removed and that file +will be staged (unless --cached or -n are used). A submodule is considered up-to-date when the HEAD is the same as recorded in the index, no tracked files are modified and no untracked |