Git Tricks Tips Submodule

Introduction

adding a submodule to a git directory

• git submodule add
• git submodule
• git submodule init

retrieving a repository with submodules

• git clone
• git submodule update

converting a repository into projects with submodules

• create new branch
• go into sub directory
• git init
• create remote bare repository
• push to (final) remote repository
• delete local sub directory and
• replace by add submodule pointing to remote,
• commit
• checkout and test
• merge new branch into current "master"