From: Cliff Brake <cliff.brake@gmail.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: submodule questions
Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 16:45:10 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <AANLkTilWHMkf5e7PBgnrI1tsGUYOldnv6AWKU3GG02u2@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
Hello,
I've been trying to understand git submodules.
1) What is the purpose for the submodule lines in .git/config?
2) should 'git submodule sync' update the .git/config with submodule
info, or what exactly does 'git submodule sync' do?
I read the following:
http://therealadam.com/archive/2008/05/08/changing-git-submodule-urls/
The author claims that:
* Fork/create your own version of the submodule in question
* Change the URL for the submodule in .git/config and .gitmodules
* Cross your fingers and hope for the best
Does not work, but in my experience it does. On machine #1, I did the
following:
1) created a new branch in the submodule dir, pushed the changes to a new repo.
2) modified .gitmodules to point to the new repo
3) push the changes in the parent repo
On Machine #2:
1) git pull
2) git submodules sync
3) git submodules update
Everything seemed to work. However, the .git/config submodule entry
still points to the old location, even though 'git submodule update'
seemed to work. Hence my confusion about what .git/config submodule
entries are for.
Thanks,
Cliff
reply other threads:[~2010-05-28 20:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: [no followups] expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed
Reply instructions:
You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:
* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
and reply-to-all from there: mbox
Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style
* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
switches of git-send-email(1):
git send-email \
--in-reply-to=AANLkTilWHMkf5e7PBgnrI1tsGUYOldnv6AWKU3GG02u2@mail.gmail.com \
--to=cliff.brake@gmail.com \
--cc=git@vger.kernel.org \
/path/to/YOUR_REPLY
https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html
* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line
before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox;
as well as URLs for NNTP newsgroup(s).