@@ -9,17 +9,12 @@ git-submodule - Initialize, update or inspect submodules
99SYNOPSIS
1010--------
1111[verse]
12- 'git submodule' [--quiet] add [-b <branch>] [-f|--force] [--name <name>]
13- [--reference <repository>] [--depth <depth>] [--] <repository> [<path>]
12+ 'git submodule' [--quiet] add [<options>] [--] <repository> [<path>]
1413'git submodule' [--quiet] status [--cached] [--recursive] [--] [<path>...]
1514'git submodule' [--quiet] init [--] [<path>...]
1615'git submodule' [--quiet] deinit [-f|--force] (--all|[--] <path>...)
17- 'git submodule' [--quiet] update [--init] [--remote] [-N|--no-fetch]
18- [--[no-]recommend-shallow] [-f|--force] [--rebase|--merge]
19- [--reference <repository>] [--depth <depth>] [--recursive]
20- [--jobs <n>] [--] [<path>...]
21- 'git submodule' [--quiet] summary [--cached|--files] [(-n|--summary-limit) <n>]
22- [commit] [--] [<path>...]
16+ 'git submodule' [--quiet] update [<options>] [--] [<path>...]
17+ 'git submodule' [--quiet] summary [<options>] [--] [<path>...]
2318'git submodule' [--quiet] foreach [--recursive] <command>
2419'git submodule' [--quiet] sync [--recursive] [--] [<path>...]
2520'git submodule' [--quiet] absorbgitdirs [--] [<path>...]
@@ -63,7 +58,7 @@ if you choose to go that route.
6358
6459COMMANDS
6560--------
66- add::
61+ add [-b <branch>] [-f|--force] [--name <name>] [--reference <repository>] [--depth <depth>] [--] <repository> [<path>] ::
6762 Add the given repository as a submodule at the given path
6863 to the changeset to be committed next to the current
6964 project: the current project is termed the "superproject".
@@ -104,7 +99,7 @@ together in the same relative location, and only the
10499superproject's URL needs to be provided: git-submodule will correctly
105100locate the submodule using the relative URL in .gitmodules.
106101
107- status::
102+ status [--cached] [--recursive] [--] [<path>...] ::
108103 Show the status of the submodules. This will print the SHA-1 of the
109104 currently checked out commit for each submodule, along with the
110105 submodule path and the output of 'git describe' for the
@@ -121,7 +116,7 @@ submodules with respect to the commit recorded in the index or the HEAD,
121116linkgit:git-status[1] and linkgit:git-diff[1] will provide that information
122117too (and can also report changes to a submodule's work tree).
123118
124- init::
119+ init [--] [<path>...] ::
125120 Initialize the submodules recorded in the index (which were
126121 added and committed elsewhere) by copying submodule
127122 names and urls from .gitmodules to .git/config.
@@ -136,7 +131,7 @@ init::
136131 the explicit 'init' step if you do not intend to customize
137132 any submodule locations.
138133
139- deinit::
134+ deinit [-f|--force] (--all|[--] <path>...) ::
140135 Unregister the given submodules, i.e. remove the whole
141136 `submodule.$name` section from .git/config together with their work
142137 tree. Further calls to `git submodule update`, `git submodule foreach`
@@ -152,7 +147,7 @@ instead of deinit-ing everything, to prevent mistakes.
152147If `--force` is specified, the submodule's working tree will
153148be removed even if it contains local modifications.
154149
155- update::
150+ update [--init] [--remote] [-N|--no-fetch] [--[no-]recommend-shallow] [-f|--force] [--checkout|--rebase|--merge] [--reference <repository>] [--depth <depth>] [--recursive] [--jobs <n>] [--] [<path>...] ::
156151+
157152--
158153Update the registered submodules to match what the superproject
@@ -198,7 +193,7 @@ submodule with the `--init` option.
198193If `--recursive` is specified, this command will recurse into the
199194registered submodules, and update any nested submodules within.
200195--
201- summary::
196+ summary [--cached|--files] [(-n|--summary-limit) <n>] [commit] [--] [<path>...] ::
202197 Show commit summary between the given commit (defaults to HEAD) and
203198 working tree/index. For a submodule in question, a series of commits
204199 in the submodule between the given super project commit and the
@@ -211,7 +206,7 @@ summary::
211206Using the `--submodule=log` option with linkgit:git-diff[1] will provide that
212207information too.
213208
214- foreach::
209+ foreach [--recursive] <command> ::
215210 Evaluates an arbitrary shell command in each checked out submodule.
216211 The command has access to the variables $name, $path, $sha1 and
217212 $toplevel:
@@ -232,7 +227,7 @@ As an example, +git submodule foreach \'echo $path {backtick}git
232227rev-parse HEAD{backtick}'+ will show the path and currently checked out
233228commit for each submodule.
234229
235- sync::
230+ sync [--recursive] [--] [<path>...] ::
236231 Synchronizes submodules' remote URL configuration setting
237232 to the value specified in .gitmodules. It will only affect those
238233 submodules which already have a URL entry in .git/config (that is the
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