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574 <title>GIT Submodule Fetcher (<filename>gitsm://</filename>)</title> 574 <title>GIT Submodule Fetcher (<filename>gitsm://</filename>)</title>
575 575
576 <para> 576 <para>
577 This fetcher inherits from the Git fetcher and extends its 577 This fetcher submodule inherits from the
578 behavior by fetching a repositories submodules. 578 <link linkend='git-fetcher'>Git fetcher</link> and extends
579 Uri is passed to the Git fetcher so see <link linkend='git-fetcher'> 579 that fetcher's behavior by fetching a repository's submodules.
580 the git fetcher documentation for syntax</link>. 580 URI is passed to the Git fetcher as described in the
581 NOTE: You must clean a recipe when switching between 'git://' and 581 "<link linkend='git-fetcher'>GIT Fetcher (<filename>git://</filename>)</link>"
582 'gitsm://' urls. 582 section.
583 <note>
584 <title>Notes and Warnings</title>
585 <para>
586 You must clean a recipe when switching between
587 '<filename>git://</filename>' and
588 '<filename>gitsm://</filename>' URLs.
589 </para>
590
591 <para>
592 The Git Submodules fetcher is not a complete fetcher
593 implementation.
594 The fetcher has known issues where it does not use the
595 normal source mirroring infrastructure properly.
596 </para>
597 </note>
583 </para> 598 </para>
584 </section> 599 </section>
585 600