From: "W. Trevor King" <wking@xxxxxxxxxx> This allows you to easily record a submodule.<name>.branch option in .gitmodules when you add a new submodule. With this patch, $ git submodule add -b <branch> <repository> [<path>] $ git config -f .gitmodules submodule.<path>.branch <branch> reduces to $ git submodule add -b <branch> <repository> [<path>] This means that future calls to $ git submodule update --remote ... will get updates from the same branch that you used to initialize the submodule, which is usually what you want. Signed-off-by: W. Trevor King <wking@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/git-submodule.txt | 2 ++ git-submodule.sh | 4 ++++ t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh | 1 + 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt index 72dd52f..988bba9 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt @@ -208,6 +208,8 @@ OPTIONS -b:: --branch:: Branch of repository to add as submodule. + The name of the branch is recorded as `submodule.<path>.branch` in + `.gitmodules` for `update --remote`. -f:: --force:: diff --git a/git-submodule.sh b/git-submodule.sh index 1395079..9f3f437 100755 --- a/git-submodule.sh +++ b/git-submodule.sh @@ -394,6 +394,10 @@ Use -f if you really want to add it." >&2 git config -f .gitmodules submodule."$sm_path".path "$sm_path" && git config -f .gitmodules submodule."$sm_path".url "$repo" && + if test -n "$branch" + then + git config -f .gitmodules submodule."$sm_path".branch "$branch" + fi && git add --force .gitmodules || die "$(eval_gettext "Failed to register submodule '\$sm_path'")" } diff --git a/t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh b/t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh index 5397037..90e2915 100755 --- a/t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh +++ b/t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh @@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ test_expect_success 'submodule add --branch' ' ( cd addtest && git submodule add -b initial "$submodurl" submod-branch && + test "initial" = "$(git config -f .gitmodules submodule.submod-branch.branch)" && git submodule init ) && -- 1.8.0 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html