This behavior is mentioned in gitmodules.txt but not in
git-submodule.txt so we copy the information over so that it is not
missed.
Also, add the missed argument to the -b/--branch option.
Signed-off-by: Denton Liu <liu.den...@gmail.com>
---
Documentation/git-submodule.txt | 7 ++++---
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
index ba3c4df550..4150148fa3 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
@@ -255,13 +255,14 @@ OPTIONS
This option is only valid for the deinit command. Unregister all
submodules in the working tree.
--b::
---branch::
+-b <branch>::
+--branch <branch>::
Branch of repository to add as submodule.
The name of the branch is recorded as `submodule.<name>.branch` in
`.gitmodules` for `update --remote`. 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.
+ same name as the current branch in the current repository. If the
+ option is not specified, it defaults to 'master'.
-f::
--force::
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