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[PATCH v2 3/3] submodule: document default behavior

From
Denton Liu <liu.denton@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 12, 2019, 09:56 UTC
Message-ID
<d8785cdd01503f2a7b9a6fbc19105c41a9a04046.1549965172.git.liu.denton@gmail.com>
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<cover.1549965172.git.liu.denton@gmail.com>

This patch documents the default behavior of submodule if no subcommands are given, similar to how remote documents it in both git-remote.txt and in its usage output.

Signed-off-by: Denton Liu <liu.denton@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/git-submodule.txt | 4 ++++
 git-submodule.sh                | 3 ++-
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
index 65a952fb96..2fdf9f4cf3 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ git-submodule - Initialize, update or inspect submodules
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
+'git submodule' [--quiet] [--cached]
 'git submodule' [--quiet] 'add' [<options>] [--] <repository> [<path>]
 'git submodule' [--quiet] 'status' [--cached] [--recursive] [--] [<path>...]
 'git submodule' [--quiet] 'init' [--] [<path>...]
@@ -28,6 +29,9 @@ For more information about submodules, see linkgit:gitsubmodules[7].
 
 COMMANDS
 --------
+With no arguments, the default command is 'status'.  Several subcommands are
+available to perform operations on the submodules.
+
 add [-b <branch>] [-f|--force] [--name <name>] [--reference <repository>] [--depth <depth>] [--] <repository> [<path>]::
 	Add the given repository as a submodule at the given path
 	to the changeset to be committed next to the current
diff --git a/git-submodule.sh b/git-submodule.sh
index 5e608f8bad..1ccc758e79 100755
--- a/git-submodule.sh
+++ b/git-submodule.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2007 Lars Hjemli
 
 dashless=$(basename "$0" | sed -e 's/-/ /')
-USAGE="[--quiet] add [-b <branch>] [-f|--force] [--name <name>] [--reference <repository>] [--] <repository> [<path>]
+USAGE="[--quiet] [--cached]
+   or: $dashless [--quiet] add [-b <branch>] [-f|--force] [--name <name>] [--reference <repository>] [--] <repository> [<path>]
    or: $dashless [--quiet] status [--cached] [--recursive] [--] [<path>...]
    or: $dashless [--quiet] init [--] [<path>...]
    or: $dashless [--quiet] deinit [-f|--force] (--all| [--] <path>...)
-- 
2.20.1.522.gd8785cdd01
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  3. 0/3 Document git-submodule's default behaviorDenton Liu, Feb 12, 2019
  4. 1/3 git-remote.txt: be specific about default behaviorDenton Liu, Feb 12, 2019
  5. 2/3 git-submodule.txt: make subcommands underlinedDenton Liu, Feb 12, 2019
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  7. Duy NguyenFeb 13, 2019
  8. Junio C HamanoFeb 13, 2019
  9. 3/3 submodule: document default behaviorDenton Liu, Feb 12, 2019
  10. Junio C HamanoFeb 13, 2019
  11. Denton LiuFeb 14, 2019
  12. Junio C HamanoFeb 14, 2019
  13. 0/1 Document git-submodule's default behaviorDenton Liu, Feb 15, 2019
  14. 1/1 submodule: document default behaviorDenton Liu, Feb 15, 2019

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