Update the documentaion for the the special value `.` to indicate that it signifies that the tracking branch in the submodule should be the same as the current branch in the superproject. Signed-off-by: Brandon Williams <bmwill@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/git-submodule.txt | 4 +++- Documentation/gitmodules.txt | 7 +++++-- 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt index bf3bb37..d841573 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt @@ -259,7 +259,9 @@ OPTIONS --branch:: Branch of repository to add as submodule. The name of the branch is recorded as `submodule.<name>.branch` in - `.gitmodules` for `update --remote`. + `.gitmodules` for `update --remote`. A special value of `.` is used to + indicate that the name of the branch in the submodule should be the + same name as the current branch in the current repository. -f:: --force:: diff --git a/Documentation/gitmodules.txt b/Documentation/gitmodules.txt index 10dcc08..8f7c50f 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitmodules.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitmodules.txt @@ -50,8 +50,11 @@ submodule.<name>.update:: submodule.<name>.branch:: A remote branch name for tracking updates in the upstream submodule. - If the option is not specified, it defaults to 'master'. See the - `--remote` documentation in linkgit:git-submodule[1] for details. + If the option is not specified, it defaults to 'master'. A special + value of `.` is used to indicate that the name of the branch in the + submodule should be the same name as the current branch in the + current repository. See the `--remote` documentation in + linkgit:git-submodule[1] for details. submodule.<name>.fetchRecurseSubmodules:: This option can be used to control recursive fetching of this -- 2.10.1