submodule: teach set-branch subcommand

This teaches git-submodule the set-branch subcommand which allows the
branch of a submodule to be set through a porcelain command without
having to manually manipulate the .gitmodules file.

Signed-off-by: Denton Liu <liu.denton@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Denton Liu
2019-02-08 03:21:34 -08:00
committed by Junio C Hamano
parent c89c494240
commit b57e8119e6
4 changed files with 175 additions and 5 deletions

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@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
'git submodule' [--quiet] init [--] [<path>...]
'git submodule' [--quiet] deinit [-f|--force] (--all|[--] <path>...)
'git submodule' [--quiet] update [<options>] [--] [<path>...]
'git submodule' [--quiet] set-branch [<options>] [--] <path>
'git submodule' [--quiet] summary [<options>] [--] [<path>...]
'git submodule' [--quiet] foreach [--recursive] <command>
'git submodule' [--quiet] sync [--recursive] [--] [<path>...]
@ -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