gitmodules

gitmodules

Name

gitmodules - defining submodule properties

Synopsis

$GIT_WORK_DIR/.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 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

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