Imported Upstream version 2.27.0

[platform/upstream/git.git] / Documentation / config / fetch.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/config/fetch.txt b/Documentation/config/fetch.txt
index f119402..b1a9b14 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/config/fetch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/fetch.txt
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 fetch.recurseSubmodules::
-       This option can be either set to a boolean value or to 'on-demand'.
+       This option controls whether `git fetch` (and the underlying fetch
+       in `git pull`) will recursively fetch into populated submodules.
+       This option can be set either to a boolean value or to 'on-demand'.
        Setting it to a boolean changes the behavior of fetch and pull to
-       unconditionally recurse into submodules when set to true or to not
-       recurse at all when set to false. When set to 'on-demand' (the default
-       value), fetch and pull will only recurse into a populated submodule
-       when its superproject retrieves a commit that updates the submodule's
+       recurse unconditionally into submodules when set to true or to not
+       recurse at all when set to false. When set to 'on-demand', fetch and
+       pull will only recurse into a populated submodule when its
+       superproject retrieves a commit that updates the submodule's
        reference.
+       Defaults to 'on-demand', or to the value of 'submodule.recurse' if set.
 
 fetch.fsckObjects::
        If it is set to true, git-fetch-pack will check all fetched