On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 04:34:23PM -0800, Stefan Beller wrote:
> +--[no-]recurse-submodules::
> +	Using --recurse-submodules will update the content of all initialized
> +	submodules according to the commit recorded in the superproject. If
> +	local modifications in a submodule would be overwritten the checkout
> +	will fail until `-f` is used. If nothing (or --no-recurse-submodules)

I would say "unless" instead of "until".  "Until" implies an ongoing
or repetitive action being interrupted, which isn't the case here.
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