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[PATCH] submodule: Fix documentation of update subcommand

From
Michal Sojka <sojkam1@fel.cvut.cz>
Date
Nov 3, 2014, 10:09 UTC
Message-ID
<1415009391-14979-1-git-send-email-sojkam1@fel.cvut.cz>

The documentation says that submodule.$name.update can be overridden by --checkout only if its value is `none`. This is not true, because both implementation and documentation of --checkout specifies that the override applies to all possible values.

Signed-off-by: Michal Sojka <sojkam1@fel.cvut.cz>
---
 Documentation/git-submodule.txt | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
index 8e6af65..84ab577 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ update::
 	checkout the commit specified in the index of the containing repository.
 	This will make the submodules HEAD be detached unless `--rebase` or
 	`--merge` is specified or the key `submodule.$name.update` is set to
-	`rebase`, `merge` or `none`. `none` can be overridden by specifying
+	`rebase`, `merge` or `none`. This can be overridden by specifying
 	`--checkout`. Setting the key `submodule.$name.update` to `!command`
 	will cause `command` to be run. `command` can be any arbitrary shell
 	command that takes a single argument, namely the sha1 to update to.
-- 
2.1.1
Next: Junio C Hamano
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  1. submodule: Fix documentation of update subcommandMichal Sojka, Nov 3, 2014
  2. Junio C HamanoNov 3, 2014
  3. Jens LehmannNov 3, 2014
  4. Junio C HamanoNov 3, 2014
  5. Michal SojkaNov 3, 2014
  6. Junio C HamanoNov 3, 2014
  7. Jens LehmannNov 4, 2014
  8. Junio C HamanoNov 4, 2014
  9. Junio C HamanoNov 3, 2014
  10. Jens LehmannNov 3, 2014
  11. Junio C HamanoFeb 17, 2015
  12. submodule: Fix documentation of update subcommandMichal Sojka, Feb 18, 2015
  13. Junio C HamanoFeb 18, 2015
  14. Michal SojkaFeb 19, 2015
  15. submodule: Improve documentation of update subcommandMichal Sojka, Feb 19, 2015
  16. Junio C HamanoFeb 20, 2015
  17. Michal SojkaFeb 23, 2015
  18. submodule: Improve documentation of update subcommandMichal Sojka, Feb 23, 2015
  19. Junio C HamanoFeb 23, 2015
  20. Junio C HamanoFeb 23, 2015
  21. Michal SojkaMar 2, 2015
  22. submodule: Improve documentation of update subcommandMichal Sojka, Mar 2, 2015
  23. submodule: Improve documentation of update subcommandMichal Sojka, Mar 2, 2015
  24. Junio C HamanoMar 2, 2015
  25. Michal SojkaNov 3, 2014

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