Git Submodule Tutorial

Include other Git repositories in repositories.

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Git Submodules to the Rescue

Add a repository as a submodule

git submodule add <repo>

Get the latest submodule repository updates

cd <path-to-submodule>

git pull

cd ..

git status

git commit -am "Update submodule to latest version"

git push

git clone <project-repo>

cd <path-to-submodule>

The submodule directory will be empty, so we need to initialize and update with contents

git submodule update -init

Shorthand would be:

git submodule update -i

git clone --recursive <project-repo>

git submodule foreach git pull origin master