"Nemmaier, Christoph" <christoph.nemmaier@cpp.canon> writes: >> ... >>> >>>I suspect it is the same issue as the one that triggered >>> >>> >>https://lore.kernel.org/git/f805f2da-a7e1-9fde-cc0a-04a30f79c9af@xxxxxxxxxx/ >>> >>>which came out recently? >> >>If that is the case, perhaps the -v needs to be documented in the online help if/when this condition is fixed. >> > > > Good morning, > > it pretty sure is. The doc goes like: > >> -v >>--verbose >> >> Pass --verbose to git-fetch and git-merge. > > Intentionally or not, git-submodule is not listed. > > Anyway, I think the doc is correct, as git submodule doesn't know > '-v'. So either the internal call should drop '-v', or 'submodule' > should ignore it. Yes, <f805f2da-a7e1-9fde-cc0a-04a30f79c9af@xxxxxxxxxx> cited above is exactly about doing that. The resulting 6f65f847 (submodule: accept -v for the update command, 2022-12-10) is about to hit 'next'.