git/Documentation/gitmodules.txt

gitmodules(5)
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NAME
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gitmodules - defining submodule properties

SYNOPSIS
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gitmodules


DESCRIPTION
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The `.gitmodules` file, located in the top-level directory of a git
working tree, is a text file with a syntax matching the requirements
of gitlink:git-config[1].

The file contains one subsection per submodule, and the subsection value
is the name of the submodule. Each submodule section also contains the
following required keys:

submodule.<name>.path::
	Defines the path, relative to the top-level directory of the git
	working tree, where the submodule is expected to be checked out.
	The path name must not end with a `/`. All submodule paths must
	be unique within the .gitmodules file.

submodule.<name>.url::
	Defines an url from where the submodule repository can be cloned.


EXAMPLES
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Consider the following .gitmodules file:

	[submodule "libfoo"]
		path = include/foo
		url = git://foo.com/git/lib.git

	[submodule "libbar"]
		path = include/bar
		url = git://bar.com/git/lib.git


This defines two submodules, `libfoo` and `libbar`. These are expected to
be checked out in the paths 'include/foo' and 'include/bar', and for both
submodules an url is specified which can be used for cloning the submodules.

SEE ALSO
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gitlink:git-submodule[1] gitlink:git-config[1]

DOCUMENTATION
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Documentation by Lars Hjemli <hjemli@gmail.com>

GIT
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Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite