Re: Submodule using different repository URLs

["Santi Béjar" <santi@agolina.net>]

2009/7/13 Peter Voss <info@petervoss.org>:
> Hi,
>
> I want to use the git submodule feature to move part of my code to a
> different repository at github.
>
> The issue is that developers should use different repository URLs for the
> submodule depending on whether they have commit rights or not.
>
> At the beginning I was using the public URL to set-up the submodule:
> git submodule add git://github.com/x/mymodule.git mymodule
>
> The issue is that some developers are working behind a firewall that blocks
> the git protocol. These could only use the git@github.com:x/mymodule.git URL
> to get access.
> But other developers can only go through the public URL
> git://github.com/x/mymodule.git. So whatever I use it won't work for
> everybody.
>
> What's the best way to deal with that? Could I set-up different repository
> URLs for one and the same submodule and use which one is appropriate?

After the "git submodule init" you can customize the url. From "man
git-submodule":

init::
        Initialize the submodules, i.e. register each submodule name
        and url found in .gitmodules into .git/config.
        The key used in .git/config is `submodule.$name.url`.
        This command does not alter existing information in .git/config.
        You can then customize the submodule clone URLs in .git/config
        for your local setup and proceed to 'git submodule update';
        you can also just use 'git submodule update --init' without
        the explicit 'init' step if you do not intend to customize
        any submodule locations.

You can also use the config url."<actual url base>".insteadOf = <other
url base>.
See the git-pull manpage for examples.

HTH,
Santi