6 git-submodule - Initialize, update or inspect submodules
11 'git-submodule' [--quiet] [--cached] [status|init|update] [--] [<path>...]
17 Show the status of the submodules. This will print the SHA-1 of the
18 currently checked out commit for each submodule, along with the
19 submodule path and the output of gitlink:git-describe[1] for the
20 SHA-1. Each SHA-1 will be prefixed with `-` if the submodule is not
21 initialized and `+` if the currently checked out submodule commit
22 does not match the SHA-1 found in the index of the containing
23 repository. This command is the default command for git-submodule.
26 Initialize the submodules, i.e. register in .git/config each submodule
27 path and url found in .gitmodules. The key used in git/config is
28 `submodule.$path.url`. This command does not alter existing information
32 Update the registered submodules, i.e. clone missing submodules and
33 checkout the commit specified in the index of the containing repository.
34 This will make the submodules HEAD be detached.
40 Only print error messages.
43 Display the SHA-1 stored in the index, not the SHA-1 of the currently
44 checked out submodule commit. This option is only valid for the
48 Path to submodule(s). When specified this will restrict the command
49 to only operate on the submodules found at the specified paths.
53 When initializing submodules, a .gitmodules file in the top-level directory
54 of the containing repository is used to find the url of each submodule.
55 This file should be formatted in the same way as $GIR_DIR/config. The key
56 to each submodule url is "module.$path.url".
61 Written by Lars Hjemli <hjemli@gmail.com>
65 Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite