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+gitmodules(5)
+=============
+
+NAME
+----
+gitmodules - Defining submodule properties
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+$GIT_WORK_TREE/.gitmodules
+
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+
+The `.gitmodules` file, located in the top-level directory of a Git
+working tree, is a text file with a syntax matching the requirements
+of linkgit:git-config[1].
+
+The file contains one subsection per submodule, and the subsection value
+is the name of the submodule. The name is set to the path where the
+submodule has been added unless it was customized with the `--name`
+option of 'git submodule add'. Each submodule section also contains the
+following required keys:
+
+submodule.<name>.path::
+ Defines the path, relative to the top-level directory of the Git
+ working tree, where the submodule is expected to be checked out.
+ The path name must not end with a `/`. All submodule paths must
+ be unique within the `.gitmodules` file.
+
+submodule.<name>.url::
+ Defines a URL from which the submodule repository can be cloned.
+ This may be either an absolute URL ready to be passed to
+ linkgit:git-clone[1] or (if it begins with `./` or `../`) a location
+ relative to the superproject's origin repository.
+
+In addition, there are a number of optional keys:
+
+submodule.<name>.update::
+ Defines the default update procedure for the named submodule,
+ i.e. how the submodule is updated by the `git submodule update`
+ command in the superproject. This is only used by `git
+ submodule init` to initialize the configuration variable of
+ the same name. Allowed values here are 'checkout', 'rebase',
+ 'merge' or 'none', but not '!command' (for security reasons).
+ See the description of the 'update' command in
+ linkgit:git-submodule[1] for more details.
+
+submodule.<name>.branch::
+ A remote branch name for tracking updates in the upstream submodule.
+ If the option is not specified, it defaults to the remote `HEAD`.
+ A special value of `.` is used to indicate that the name of the branch
+ in the submodule should be the same name as the current branch in the
+ current repository. See the `--remote` documentation in
+ linkgit:git-submodule[1] for details.
+
+submodule.<name>.fetchRecurseSubmodules::
+ This option can be used to control recursive fetching of this
+ submodule. If this option is also present in the submodule's entry in
+ `.git/config` of the superproject, the setting there will override the
+ one found in `.gitmodules`.
+ Both settings can be overridden on the command line by using the
+ `--[no-]recurse-submodules` option to `git fetch` and `git pull`.
+
+submodule.<name>.ignore::
+ Defines under what circumstances `git status` and the diff family show
+ a submodule as modified. The following values are supported:
++
+--
+ all;; The submodule will never be considered modified (but will
+ nonetheless show up in the output of status and commit when it has
+ been staged).
+
+ dirty;; All changes to the submodule's work tree will be ignored, only
+ committed differences between the `HEAD` of the submodule and its
+ recorded state in the superproject are taken into account.
+
+ untracked;; Only untracked files in submodules will be ignored.
+ Committed differences and modifications to tracked files will show
+ up.
+
+ none;; No modifications to submodules are ignored, all of committed
+ differences, and modifications to tracked and untracked files are
+ shown. This is the default option.
+
+If this option is also present in the submodule's entry in `.git/config`
+of the superproject, the setting there will override the one found in
+`.gitmodules`.
+
+Both settings can be overridden on the command line by using the
+`--ignore-submodules` option. The `git submodule` commands are not
+affected by this setting.
+--
+
+submodule.<name>.shallow::
+ When set to true, a clone of this submodule will be performed as a
+ shallow clone (with a history depth of 1) unless the user explicitly
+ asks for a non-shallow clone.
+
+NOTES
+-----
+
+Git does not allow the `.gitmodules` file within a working tree to be a
+symbolic link, and will refuse to check out such a tree entry. This
+keeps behavior consistent when the file is accessed from the index or a
+tree versus from the filesystem, and helps Git reliably enforce security
+checks of the file contents.
+
+EXAMPLES
+--------
+
+Consider the following `.gitmodules` file:
+
+----
+[submodule "libfoo"]
+ path = include/foo
+ url = git://foo.com/git/lib.git
+
+[submodule "libbar"]
+ path = include/bar
+ url = git://bar.com/git/lib.git
+----
+
+This defines two submodules, `libfoo` and `libbar`. These are expected to
+be checked out in the paths `include/foo` and `include/bar`, and for both
+submodules a URL is specified which can be used for cloning the submodules.
+
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+linkgit:git-submodule[1], linkgit:gitsubmodules[7], linkgit:git-config[1]
+
+GIT
+---
+Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite