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diff --git a/doc/submodules.mdwn b/doc/submodules.mdwn index fe5fc9a9e..74668085d 100644 --- a/doc/submodules.mdwn +++ b/doc/submodules.mdwn @@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ Git normally makes a `.git` **file** in a submodule, that points to the real git repository under `.git/modules/`. This presents problems for git-annex. So, when used in a submodule, git-annex will automatically replace the `.git` file with a symlink -pointing at the git repository. +pointing at the git repository. (When the filesystem doesn't support +symlinks, direct mode is used, and submodules are supported in that +setup too.) With that taken care of, git-annex should work ok in submodules. Although this is a new and somewhat experimental feature. @@ -18,4 +20,3 @@ Known problems: will refuse to delete it, complaining that the submodule "uses a .git directory". Workaround: Use `rm -rf` to delete the tree, and then `git commit`. -* This won't work on filesystems not supporting symlinks. |