On Sat, Jan 6, 2018 at 1:46 PM, Kaartic Sivaraam <kaartic.sivaraam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Signed-off-by: Kaartic Sivaraam <kaartic.sivaraam@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > diff --git 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. "If your project consists of multiple repositories tied together..."