--- /dev/null
+git-submodule(1)
+================
+
+NAME
+----
+git-submodule - Initialize, update or inspect submodules
+
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+'git-submodule' [--quiet] [--cached] [status|init|update] [--] [<path>...]
+
+
+COMMANDS
+--------
+status::
+ Show the status of the submodules. This will print the SHA-1 of the
+ currently checked out commit for each submodule, along with the
+ submodule path and the output of gitlink:git-describe[1] for the
+ SHA-1. Each SHA-1 will be prefixed with `-` if the submodule is not
+ initialized and `+` if the currently checked out submodule commit
+ does not match the SHA-1 found in the index of the containing
+ repository. This command is the default command for git-submodule.
+
+init::
+ Initialize the submodules, i.e. clone the git repositories specified
+ in the .gitmodules file and checkout the submodule commits specified
+ in the index of the containing repository. This will make the
+ submodules HEAD be detached.
+
+update::
+ Update the initialized submodules, i.e. checkout the submodule commits
+ specified in the index of the containing repository. This will make
+ the submodules HEAD be detached.
+
+
+OPTIONS
+-------
+-q, --quiet::
+ Only print error messages.
+
+--cached::
+ Display the SHA-1 stored in the index, not the SHA-1 of the currently
+ checked out submodule commit. This option is only valid for the
+ status command.
+
+<path>::
+ Path to submodule(s). When specified this will restrict the command
+ to only operate on the submodules found at the specified paths.
+
+FILES
+-----
+When cloning submodules, a .gitmodules file in the top-level directory
+of the containing repository is used to find the url of each submodule.
+This file should be formatted in the same way as $GIR_DIR/config. The key
+to each submodule url is "module.$path.url".
+
+
+AUTHOR
+------
+Written by Lars Hjemli <hjemli@gmail.com>
+
+GIT
+---
+Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# git-submodules.sh: init, update or list git submodules
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2007 Lars Hjemli
+
+USAGE='[--quiet] [--cached] [status|init|update] [--] [<path>...]'
+. git-sh-setup
+require_work_tree
+
+init=
+update=
+status=
+quiet=
+cached=
+
+#
+# print stuff on stdout unless -q was specified
+#
+say()
+{
+ if test -z "$quiet"
+ then
+ echo "$@"
+ fi
+}
+
+#
+# Run clone + checkout on missing submodules
+#
+# $@ = requested paths (default to all)
+#
+modules_init()
+{
+ git ls-files --stage -- "$@" | grep -e '^160000 ' |
+ while read mode sha1 stage path
+ do
+ # Skip submodule paths that already contain a .git directory.
+ # This will also trigger if $path is a symlink to a git
+ # repository
+ test -d "$path"/.git && continue
+
+ # If there already is a directory at the submodule path,
+ # expect it to be empty (since that is the default checkout
+ # action) and try to remove it.
+ # Note: if $path is a symlink to a directory the test will
+ # succeed but the rmdir will fail. We might want to fix this.
+ if test -d "$path"
+ then
+ rmdir "$path" 2>/dev/null ||
+ die "Directory '$path' exist, but is neither empty nor a git repository"
+ fi
+
+ test -e "$path" &&
+ die "A file already exist at path '$path'"
+
+ url=$(GIT_CONFIG=.gitmodules git-config module."$path".url)
+ test -z "$url" &&
+ die "No url found for submodule '$path' in .gitmodules"
+
+ # MAYBE FIXME: this would be the place to check GIT_CONFIG
+ # for a preferred url for this submodule, possibly like this:
+ #
+ # modname=$(GIT_CONFIG=.gitmodules git-config module."$path".name)
+ # alturl=$(git-config module."$modname".url)
+ #
+ # This would let the versioned .gitmodules file use the submodule
+ # path as key, while the unversioned GIT_CONFIG would use the
+ # logical modulename (if present) as key. But this would need
+ # another fallback mechanism if the module wasn't named.
+
+ git-clone -n "$url" "$path" ||
+ die "Clone of submodule '$path' failed"
+
+ (unset GIT_DIR && cd "$path" && git-checkout -q "$sha1") ||
+ die "Checkout of submodule '$path' failed"
+
+ say "Submodule '$path' initialized"
+ done
+}
+
+#
+# Checkout correct revision of each initialized submodule
+#
+# $@ = requested paths (default to all)
+#
+modules_update()
+{
+ git ls-files --stage -- "$@" | grep -e '^160000 ' |
+ while read mode sha1 stage path
+ do
+ if ! test -d "$path"/.git
+ then
+ # Only mention uninitialized submodules when its
+ # path have been specified
+ test "$#" != "0" &&
+ say "Submodule '$path' not initialized"
+ continue;
+ fi
+ subsha1=$(unset GIT_DIR && cd "$path" &&
+ git-rev-parse --verify HEAD) ||
+ die "Unable to find current revision of submodule '$path'"
+
+ if test "$subsha1" != "$sha1"
+ then
+ (unset GIT_DIR && cd "$path" && git-fetch &&
+ git-checkout -q "$sha1") ||
+ die "Unable to checkout '$sha1' in submodule '$path'"
+
+ say "Submodule '$path': checked out '$sha1'"
+ fi
+ done
+}
+
+#
+# List all registered submodules, prefixed with:
+# - submodule not initialized
+# + different revision checked out
+#
+# If --cached was specified the revision in the index will be printed
+# instead of the currently checked out revision.
+#
+# $@ = requested paths (default to all)
+#
+modules_list()
+{
+ git ls-files --stage -- "$@" | grep -e '^160000 ' |
+ while read mode sha1 stage path
+ do
+ if ! test -d "$path"/.git
+ then
+ say "-$sha1 $path"
+ continue;
+ fi
+ revname=$(unset GIT_DIR && cd "$path" && git-describe $sha1)
+ if git diff-files --quiet -- "$path"
+ then
+ say " $sha1 $path ($revname)"
+ else
+ if test -z "$cached"
+ then
+ sha1=$(unset GIT_DIR && cd "$path" && git-rev-parse --verify HEAD)
+ revname=$(unset GIT_DIR && cd "$path" && git-describe $sha1)
+ fi
+ say "+$sha1 $path ($revname)"
+ fi
+ done
+}
+
+while case "$#" in 0) break ;; esac
+do
+ case "$1" in
+ init)
+ init=1
+ ;;
+ update)
+ update=1
+ ;;
+ status)
+ status=1
+ ;;
+ -q|--quiet)
+ quiet=1
+ ;;
+ --cached)
+ cached=1
+ ;;
+ --)
+ break
+ ;;
+ -*)
+ usage
+ ;;
+ *)
+ break
+ ;;
+ esac
+ shift
+done
+
+case "$init,$update,$status,$cached" in
+1,,,)
+ modules_init "$@"
+ ;;
+,1,,)
+ modules_update "$@"
+ ;;
+,,*,*)
+ modules_list "$@"
+ ;;
+*)
+ usage
+ ;;
+esac