On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 1:42 PM, Brandon Williams <bmwill@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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. For reference of other reviewers: See 4d7bc52b178bffe9e484c4dcd92d5353e2ce716f as well as https://gerrit-review.googlesource.com/Documentation/user-submodules.html Thanks, Stefan > > 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 >