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GITMODULES(5)                                         Git Manual                                        GITMODULES(5)



NAME
       gitmodules - defining submodule properties

SYNOPSIS
       $GIT_WORK_DIR/.gitmodules

DESCRIPTION
       The .gitmodules file, located in the top-level directory of a Git working tree, is a text file with a syntax
       matching the requirements of git-config(1).

       The file contains one subsection per submodule, and the subsection value is the name of the submodule. The
       name is set to the path where the submodule has been added unless it was customized with the --name option of
       git submodule add. Each submodule section also contains the following required keys:

       submodule.<name>.path
           Defines the path, relative to the top-level directory of the Git working tree, where the submodule is
           expected to be checked out. The path name must not end with a /. All submodule paths must be unique within
           the .gitmodules file.

       submodule.<name>.url
           Defines a URL from which the submodule repository can be cloned. This may be either an absolute URL ready
           to be passed to git-clone(1) or (if it begins with ./ or ../) a location relative to the superproject’s
           origin repository.

       submodule.<name>.update
           Defines what to do when the submodule is updated by the superproject. If checkout (the default), the new
           commit specified in the superproject will be checked out in the submodule on a detached HEAD. If rebase,
           the current branch of the submodule will be rebased onto the commit specified in the superproject. If
           merge, the commit specified in the superproject will be merged into the current branch in the submodule.
           If none, the submodule with name $name will not be updated by default.

               This config option is overridden if 'git submodule update' is given
               the '--merge', '--rebase' or '--checkout' options.

       submodule.<name>.branch
           A remote branch name for tracking updates in the upstream submodule. If the option is not specified, it
           defaults to master. See the --remote documentation in git-submodule(1) for details.

       submodule.<name>.fetchRecurseSubmodules
           This option can be used to control recursive fetching of this submodule. If this option is also present in
           the submodules entry in .git/config of the superproject, the setting there will override the one found in
           .gitmodules. Both settings can be overridden on the command line by using the "--[no-]recurse-submodules"
           option to "git fetch" and "git pull".

       submodule.<name>.ignore
           Defines under what circumstances "git status" and the diff family show a submodule as modified. When set
           to "all", it will never be considered modified, "dirty" will ignore all changes to the submodules work
           tree and takes only differences between the HEAD of the submodule and the commit recorded in the
           superproject into account. "untracked" will additionally let submodules with modified tracked files in
           their work tree show up. Using "none" (the default when this option is not set) also shows submodules that
           have untracked files in their work tree as changed. If this option is also present in the submodules entry
           in .git/config of the superproject, the setting there will override the one found in .gitmodules. Both
           settings can be overridden on the command line by using the "--ignore-submodule" option.

EXAMPLES
       Consider the following .gitmodules file:

SEE ALSO
       git-submodule(1) git-config(1)

GIT
       Part of the git(1) suite



Git 1.8.3.1                                           03/23/2016                                        GITMODULES(5)