Signed-off-by: Kaartic Sivaraam <kaartic.sivaraam@xxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt b/Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt index cb795c6b6..3f73983d5 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt @@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ Submodules can be used for at least two different use cases: * Transfer size: In its current form Git requires the whole working tree present. It does not allow partial trees to be transferred in fetch or clone. + If you have your project as multiple repositories tied together as + submodules in a superproject, you can avoid fetching the working + trees of the repositories you are not interested in. * Access control: By restricting user access to submodules, this can be used to implement read/write policies for different users. -- 2.16.0.rc0.223.g4a4ac8367