Add more structure and describe each possible option in a self-contained way, not referring to any of the previously described options. Signed-off-by: Sebastian Schuberth <sschuberth@xxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/gitmodules.txt | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/gitmodules.txt b/Documentation/gitmodules.txt index 8f7c50f..4700624 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitmodules.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitmodules.txt @@ -66,17 +66,26 @@ submodule.<name>.fetchRecurseSubmodules:: submodule.<name>.ignore:: Defines under what circumstances "git status" and the diff family show - a submodule as modified. When set to "all", it will never be considered - modified (but will nonetheless show up in the output of status and - commit when it has been staged), "dirty" will ignore all changes - to the submodules work tree and - takes only differences between the HEAD of the submodule and the commit - recorded in the superproject into account. "untracked" will additionally - let submodules with modified tracked files in their work tree show up. - Using "none" (the default when this option is not set) also shows - submodules that have untracked files in their work tree as changed. - If this option is also present in the submodules entry in .git/config of - the superproject, the setting there will override the one found in + a submodule as modified. The following values are supported: + + all;; The submodule will never be considered modified (but will + nonetheless show up in the output of status and commit when it has + been staged). + + dirty;; All changes to the submodule's work tree will be ignored, only + committed differences between the HEAD of the submodule and its + recorded state in the superproject are taken into account. + + untracked;; Only untracked files in submodules will be ignored. + Committed differences and modifications to tracked files will show + up. + + none;; No modifiations to submodules are ignored, all of committed + differences, and modifications to tracked and untracked files are + shown. This is the default option. + + If this option is also present in the submodules entry in .git/config + of the superproject, the setting there will override the one found in .gitmodules. Both settings can be overridden on the command line by using the "--ignore-submodule" option. The 'git submodule' commands are not -- https://github.com/git/git/pull/348