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Re: [PATCH v3 3/3] submodule: teach set-branch subcommand

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Feb 7, 2019, 22:26 UTC
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Denton Liu <liu.denton@gmail.com> writes:
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> @@ -168,6 +169,12 @@ submodule with the `--init` option.
>  If `--recursive` is specified, this command will recurse into the
>  registered submodules, and update any nested submodules within.
>  --
> +set-branch ((-d|--default)|(-b|--branch <branch>)) [--] <path>::
> +	Sets the default remote tracking branch for the submodule. The
> +	`--branch` option allows the remote branch to be specified. The
> +	`--default` option removes the submodule.<name>.branch configuration
> +	key, which causes the tracking branch to default to 'master'.
> +--
>  summary [--cached|--files] [(-n|--summary-limit) <n>] [commit] [--] [<path>...]::
>  	Show commit summary between the given commit (defaults to HEAD) and
>  	working tree/index. For a submodule in question, a series of commits

The double-dash line you added must be replaced with an empty line. The existing double-dash is *not* a separator between the previous entry (i.e. update) and the next entry (i.e. summary). Rather, the body for 'update' is enclosed in a pair of double-dash lines as it has many paragraphs.

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Message 17 of 25 in “Teach submodule set-branch subcommand”
  1. 0/3 Teach submodule set-branch subcommandDenton Liu, Feb 6, 2019
  2. 1/3 git-submodule.txt: document default behavior without --branchDenton Liu, Feb 6, 2019
  3. Junio C HamanoFeb 6, 2019
  4. 2/3 submodule--helper: teach config subcommand --unsetDenton Liu, Feb 6, 2019
  5. Junio C HamanoFeb 6, 2019
  6. 3/3 submodule: teach set-branch subcommandDenton Liu, Feb 6, 2019
  7. 0/3 Teach submodule set-branch subcommandDenton Liu, Feb 7, 2019
  8. 1/3 git-submodule.txt: document default behavior without --branchDenton Liu, Feb 7, 2019
  9. 2/3 submodule--helper: teach config subcommand --unsetDenton Liu, Feb 7, 2019
  10. 3/3 submodule: teach set-branch subcommandDenton Liu, Feb 7, 2019
  11. 0/3 Teach submodule set-branch subcommandDenton Liu, Feb 7, 2019
  12. 1/3 git-submodule.txt: "--branch <branch>" option defaults to 'master'Denton Liu, Feb 7, 2019
  13. 2/3 submodule--helper: teach config subcommand --unsetDenton Liu, Feb 7, 2019
  14. Junio C HamanoFeb 7, 2019
  15. Junio C HamanoFeb 7, 2019
  16. 3/3 submodule: teach set-branch subcommandDenton Liu, Feb 7, 2019
  17. Junio C HamanoFeb 7, 2019
  18. Junio C HamanoFeb 7, 2019
  19. Denton LiuFeb 8, 2019
  20. Junio C HamanoFeb 8, 2019
  21. 0/3 Teach submodule set-branch subcommandDenton Liu, Feb 8, 2019
  22. 1/3 git-submodule.txt: "--branch <branch>" option defaults to 'master'Denton Liu, Feb 8, 2019
  23. 2/3 submodule--helper: teach config subcommand --unsetDenton Liu, Feb 8, 2019
  24. 3/3 submodule: teach set-branch subcommandDenton Liu, Feb 8, 2019
  25. Denton LiuFeb 8, 2019

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