Signed-off-by: Marc Branchaud <redacted>
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Documentation/git-submodule.txt | 7 +++++--
1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
index 408998e..83c59cc 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
@@ -77,8 +77,11 @@ to exist in the superproject. If <path> is not given, the
+
<repository> is the URL of the new submodule's origin repository.
This may be either an absolute URL, or (if it begins with ./
-or ../), the location relative to the superproject's origin
-repository. If the superproject doesn't have an origin configured
+or ../) a location relative to one of the superproject's remote
+repositories: If the superproject's currently checked-out branch tracks
+a remote branch then that remote's URL is used, otherwise the "origin"
+remote's URL is used.
+If the superproject doesn't have an "origin" remote configured
the superproject is its own authoritative upstream and the current
working directory is used instead.
+
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