git submodule
1 add another repo as a submodule
git submodule add -b <branch> git@github.com:<repo> <target_name>
- The
<target_name>is what the submodule directory will be called - The
<branch>is which branch from the<repo>to grab
If you previously already have cloned the (parent) repo, then, to obtain the submodule, you should use:
git submodule update --init --recursive
2 commit and push to submodule
When you first get the submodule, it will be in a detached head state. In order to make pushes to the submodule repo, you should:
cd <submodule> git checkout <branch>
3 remove submodule
git submodule deinit the_submodule git rm the_submodule