`git ls-files` was never taught to respect the `submodule.recurse`
configuration variable, and it is too late now to change that [1],
but still the command is mentioned in 'gitsubmodules(7)' as if it
does respect that config.
Adjust the call in 'gitsubmodules(7)' by calling 'ls-files' with the
'--recurse-submodules' option.
While at it, uniformize the capitalization in that file, and use
backticks instead of quotes for Git commands and configuration
variables.
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/git/pull.732.git.1599707259907.gitgitgadget@gmail.com/T/#u
Signed-off-by: Philippe Blain <levraiphilippeblain@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Note that `ls-files` is not affected, even though it has a
`--recurse-submodules` option, so list it as an exception too.
Signed-off-by: Damien Robert <damien.olivier.robert+git@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
The guide "gitsubmodules" was added in d480345 (submodules: overhaul
documentation, 2017-06-22), but it was not added to
command-list.txt when commit 1b81d8c (help: use command-list.txt
for the source of guides, 2018-05-20) taught "git help" to obtain the
guide list from this file.
Add it now, and capitalize the first word of the description of
gitsubmodules, as was done in 1b81d8c (help: use command-list.txt
for the source of guides, 2018-05-20) for the other guides.
Signed-off-by: Philippe Blain <levraiphilippeblain@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
There appears to be a bug in the toolchain generating manpages from
lettered lists. When a list is enumerated with letters, the resulting
nroff shows numbers instead. Mostly this is harmless, but in the case of
gitsubmodules, the paragraph following the list refers back to each
bullet by letter. As a result, reading this documentation via `man
gitsubmodules` is hard to parse - readers must infer that a bug exists
and a refers to 1, b refers to 2, and c refers to 3 in the list above.
The problem specifically was introduced in ad47194; previously rather
than generating numerated lists the bulleted area was entirely
monospaced in HTML and shown in plaintext in nroff.
The bug seems to exist in docbook-xml - I've reported it on May 1 via
the docbook-apps mail list - but for now it may make more sense to just
work around the issue.
Signed-off-by: Emily Shaffer <emilyshaffer@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: Ville Skyttä <ville.skytta@iki.fi>
Reviewed-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
In gitsubmodules.txt, a few non-ASCII apostrophes are used to spell
possessive, e.g. "submodule's". These unfortunately are not
rendered at https://git-scm.com/docs/gitsubmodules correctly by the
renderer used there.
Use ASCII apostrophes instead to work around the problem. It also
is good to be consistent, as there are possessives spelled with
ASCII apostrophes.
Signed-off-by: Motoki Seki <marmot.motoki@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* Only mention porcelain commands in examples
* Split a sentence for better readability
* Add missing apostrophes
* Clearly specify the advantages of using submodules
* Avoid abbreviations
* Use "Git" consistently
* Improve readability of certain lines
* Clarify when a submodule is considered active
Helped-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Helped-by: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Kaartic Sivaraam <kaartic.sivaraam@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
This patch aims to detangle (a) the usage of `git-submodule`
from (b) the concept of submodules and (c) how the actual
implementation looks like, such as where they are configured
and (d) what the best practices are.
To do so, move the conceptual parts of the 'git-submodule'
man page to a new man page gitsubmodules(7). This new page
is just like gitmodules(5), gitattributes(5), gitcredentials(7),
gitnamespaces(7), gittutorial(7), which introduce a concept
rather than explaining a specific command.
Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
