git submodule

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Inspect, update, and manage submodules.

Examples (7)

View existing submodules and the checked-out commit for each one

git submodule

Install a repository's submodules (listed in `.gitmodules`)

git submodule update --init --recursive

Add a Git repository as a submodule of the current one

git submodule add repository_url

Add a Git repository as a submodule of the current one, at a specific directory

git submodule add repository_url path/to/directory

Update submodules to their latest commits

git submodule update --remote

Change the URL of a submodule

git submodule set-url path/to/submodule new_url

Unregister a submodule (e.g. before removing it from the repository with `git rm`)

git submodule deinit path/to/submodule