git/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. clone the git repositories specified
	in the .gitmodules file and checkout the submodule commits specified
	in the index of the containing repository. This will make the
	submodules HEAD be detached.

update::
	Update the initialized submodules, i.e. checkout the submodule commits
	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 cloning 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