Jens Lehmann <Jens.Lehmann@xxxxxx> writes: > Good point. What about this? > > > Documentation/git-submodule.txt | 13 +++++++++++-- > git-submodule.sh | 2 +- > 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt > index bfef8a0..9054217 100644 > --- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt > +++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt > @@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ SYNOPSIS > 'git submodule' [--quiet] init [--] [<path>...] > 'git submodule' [--quiet] deinit [-f|--force] [--] <path>... > 'git submodule' [--quiet] update [--init] [--remote] [-N|--no-fetch] > - [-f|--force] [--rebase] [--reference <repository>] [--depth <depth>] > - [--merge] [--recursive] [--] [<path>...] > + [-f|--force] [--checkout|--merge|--rebase] [--reference <repository>] > + [--depth <depth>] [--recursive] [--] [<path>...] This has already been done by 23d25e48 (submodule: explicit local branch creation in module_clone, 2014-01-26). That commit also adds some text to the description of 'update' subcommand, but not a separate entry for '--checkout' mode. Does the result of applying this patch except for this particular hunk still make sense as a whole? It appears to me that it does, but just to double check... Thanks. > 'git submodule' [--quiet] summary [--cached|--files] [(-n|--summary-limit) <n>] > [commit] [--] [<path>...] > 'git submodule' [--quiet] foreach [--recursive] <command> > @@ -287,6 +287,15 @@ SHA-1. If you don't want to fetch, you should use `submodule update > This option is only valid for the update command. > Don't fetch new objects from the remote site. > > +--checkout:: > + This option is only valid for the update command. > + Checkout the commit recorded in the superproject on a detached HEAD > + in the submodule. This is the default behavior, the main use of > + this option is to override `submodule.$name.update` when set to > + `merge`, `rebase` or `none`. > + If the key `submodule.$name.update` is either not explicitly set or > + set to `checkout`, this option is implicit. > + > --merge:: > This option is only valid for the update command. > Merge the commit recorded in the superproject into the current branch > diff --git a/git-submodule.sh b/git-submodule.sh > index 4a30087..65cf963 100755 > --- a/git-submodule.sh > +++ b/git-submodule.sh > @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ USAGE="[--quiet] add [-b <branch>] [-f|--force] [--name <name>] [--reference <re > or: $dashless [--quiet] status [--cached] [--recursive] [--] [<path>...] > or: $dashless [--quiet] init [--] [<path>...] > or: $dashless [--quiet] deinit [-f|--force] [--] <path>... > - or: $dashless [--quiet] update [--init] [--remote] [-N|--no-fetch] [-f|--force] [--rebase] [--reference <repository>] [--merge] [--recursive] [--] [<path>...] > + or: $dashless [--quiet] update [--init] [--remote] [-N|--no-fetch] [-f|--force] [--checkout|--merge|--rebase] [--reference <repository>] [--recursive] [--] [<path>...] > or: $dashless [--quiet] summary [--cached|--files] [--summary-limit <n>] [commit] [--] [<path>...] > or: $dashless [--quiet] foreach [--recursive] <command> > or: $dashless [--quiet] sync [--recursive] [--] [<path>...]" -- 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