This behavior is mentioned in gitmodules.txt but not in git-submodule.txt so we copy the information over so that it is not missed. Signed-off-by: Denton Liu <liu.denton@xxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/git-submodule.txt | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt index ba3c4df550..9951c68744 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt @@ -261,7 +261,8 @@ OPTIONS The name of the branch is recorded as `submodule.<name>.branch` in `.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. + same name as the current branch in the current repository. If the + option is not specified, it defaults to 'master'. -f:: --force:: -- 2.20.1.522.g5f42c252e9
