Is there some easy way to rename a git submodule directory (other than going through the entire motion of deleting it and re-adding it with a new destination name). And while we are at it, why is it that I simply cannot do the following in the parent directory: git mv old-submodule-name new-submodule-name 7 Answers … Read more
I am using Git submodules. After pulling changes from server, many times my submodule head gets detached from master branch. Why does it happen? I have to always do: git branch git checkout master How can I make sure that my submodule is always pointing to master branch? 8 Answers 8
I’d like to create a repo which pulls in a remote repo. For example, let’s say jQuery as a submodule: git://github.com/jquery/jquery.git What would be the process of creating a repo with jQuery as a submodule and adding my own external as a remote repo. Also once this is setup, if I push / pull to … Read more
I’m not clear on what the following means (from the Git submodule update documentation): …will make the submodules HEAD be detached, unless –rebase or –merge is specified… How does –rebase/–merge change things? My main use case is to have a bunch of central repositories, which I will embed via submodules into other repositories. I would … Read more
I’m actually trying to learn how to use git, including the git submodule subcommands. I already set up a server on which I can host, push and pull git repositories by using SSH. I created a main git repository “Travail” on this server in which I would like to put all my projects as submodules. … Read more
Is there a way to automatically have git submodule update (or preferably git submodule update –init called whenever git pull is done? Looking for a git config setting, or a git alias to help with this. 9 Answers 9
I have just run a git diff, and I am getting the following output for all of my approx 10 submodules diff –git a/.vim/bundle/bufexplorer b/.vim/bundle/bufexplorer — a/.vim/bundle/bufexplorer +++ b/.vim/bundle/bufexplorer @@ -1 +1 @@ -Subproject commit 8c75e65b647238febd0257658b150f717a136359 +Subproject commit 8c75e65b647238febd0257658b150f717a136359-dirty What does this mean? How do I fix it? 10 Answers 10
I’m new to git and would appreciate help with adding submodules. I’ve received two projects sharing some common code. The shared code was just copied into the two projects. I created a separate git repo for the common code and removed it from the projects with the plan to add it as a git submodule. … Read more
I have a Git repository that has several submodules in it. How do I list the names of all the submodules after git submodule init has been run? The git submodule foreach command could echo the names of the submodule, but that only works once they have been checked out which has not happened after … Read more
I have a Git media repository where I’m keeping all of my JavaScript and CSS master files and scripts that I’ll use on various projects. If I create a new project that’s in its own Git repository, how do I use JavaScript files from my media repository in my new project in a way that … Read more
