Denton Liu <liu.denton@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Break `--default` and `--branch` into their own separate invocations to > make it obvious that these options are mutually exclusive. That sounds even clearer than what the original wanted to do. Very good idea. > diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt > index 0ed5c24dc1..1f46380af2 100644 > --- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt > +++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt > @@ -173,7 +173,8 @@ submodule with the `--init` option. > If `--recursive` is specified, this command will recurse into the > registered submodules, and update any nested submodules within. > -- > -set-branch ((-d|--default)|(-b|--branch <branch>)) [--] <path>:: > +set-branch (-b|--branch) <branch> [--] <path>:: > +set-branch (-d|--default) [--] <path>:: > Sets the default remote tracking branch for the submodule. The > `--branch` option allows the remote branch to be specified. The > `--default` option removes the submodule.<name>.branch configuration