git-submodules

I’ve created a git repository with a submodule in it. I’m able to tell the submodule itself to change its remote repository path, but I’m not sure how to tell the parent repository how to change the remote repository path for the submodule. I wouldn’t be surprised if I’m somewhat out of luck and have … Read more

How does git submodule add -b work? After adding a submodule with a specific branch, a new cloned repository (after git submodule update –init) will be at a specific commit, not the branch itself (git status on the submodule shows “Not currently on any branch”). I can’t find any information on .gitmodules or .git/config about … Read more

We’re using git submodules to manage a couple of large projects that have dependencies on many other libraries we’ve developed. Each library is a separate repo brought into the dependent project as a submodule. During development, we often want to just go grab the latest version of every dependent submodule. Does git have a built … Read more

I’m trying to put a submodule into a repo. The problem is that when I clone the parent repo, the submodule folder is entirely empty. Is there any way to make it so that git clone parent_repo actually puts data in the submodule folder? For example, http://github.com/cwolves/sequelize/tree/master/lib/, nodejs-mysql-native is pointing at an external git submodule, … Read more

How do I remove a Git submodule? By the way, is there a reason I can’t simply do git submodule rm whatever ? 3 36