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Git Submodule

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By Hongming Zhu
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How git submodule works?

git submodule sync

git submodule update

Common Usage

https to ssh

  1. Edit the .gitmodules file
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    [submodule "path/to/submodule"]
 url = https://github.com/user/repo.git

    Change it to:

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    [submodule "path/to/submodule"]
 url = git@github.com:user/repo.git
  2. Update the submodule configuration
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    git submodule sync
  3. git config --edit to see the effects
  4. Pull the latest changes
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    git submodule update --init --recursive

References

Git, Submodule
git
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