Using git § I changed a submodule by accident: be explicit

Rewriting git history is something that is often difficult for new contributors,
and we're already explaining the `<foo>` placeholder syntax,
so I think it makes sense to be explicit about what exactly the paths mean.

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/src/git.md b/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/src/git.md
index 8118ddff10c..8726ddfce20 100644
--- a/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/src/git.md
+++ b/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/src/git.md
@@ -142,7 +142,8 @@ The most common cause is that you rebased after a change and ran `git add .` wit
 `x` to update the submodules.  Alternatively, you might have run `cargo fmt` instead of `x fmt`
 and modified files in a submodule, then committed the changes.
 
-To fix it, do the following things:
+To fix it, do the following things (if you changed a submodule other than cargo,
+replace `src/tools/cargo` with the path to that submodule):
 
 1. See which commit has the accidental changes: `git log --stat -n1 src/tools/cargo`
 2. Revert the changes to that commit: `git checkout <my-commit>~ src/tools/cargo`. Type `~`