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@@ -246,10 +246,9 @@ U U unmerged, both modified
Submodules have more state and instead report
- M the submodule has a different HEAD than
- recorded in the index
- m the submodule has modified content
- ? the submodule has untracked files
+* 'M' = the submodule has a different HEAD than recorded in the index
+* 'm' = the submodule has modified content
+* '?' = the submodule has untracked files
since modified content or untracked files in a submodule cannot be added
via `git add` in the superproject to prepare a commit.