Git Tutorial: All About Submodules

In this Git tutorial, learn what submodules are and when you should use them.
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[mathiasfantoni]

This is the only useful video I've found on submodules so far. Everyone keeps beating around the bush, and I never get anything out of watching those videos. Thanks for being very precise and short in what a submodule is. If you also have a video on subtrees as well, so I can figure out which of the two to use, that'd be brilliant. I'll have a look on your channel! :-)

[AzlanIkram-meem]

a very simplified explaination. Thanks

[CameronChardukian]

This was a great introduction to the concept of submodules in Git. Thanks for sharing!

[theskyfoxx]

Best explanation without fuffing about

[iAyanPahwa]

Great tutorial, I am using submodules all the time, so made a video and blogged too :) Thanks for tutorial.

[akshararaj]

Thank you so much! That was exactly the piece of information I needed :)

[mahmud-ahsan]

Thank you, easy to understand and elegant!

[ricardoamendoeira]

What happens if the repo I add as a submodule ceases to exist? Does it break horribly or can I just upload my local copy of the submodule to a new repo, change the origin and everything works again?

[ssadam]

Question: Lets say you own "repo A" and you want a submodule to "repo B" that another group manages. What happens if you need to add something to the submodule (repo B) that the original owner of "repo B" deems unwanted or ridiculous and doesn't want you to even have that commit in an independent branch on their remote since the commit is not deemed useful for the rest of "repo B" userbase. How would you make that submodule commit available to the rest of the users of "repo A" if "repo B"'s owners deny the remote push?

Hi.
What happens if i do change inside submodule a file and i want update the main root

for example:

/proyect main
submodule /proyect @ d4b9dc90

@d4b9dc90 this should will change

pd: zorry my english ..

regards

[AgnisNeZvers]

Cool explanation but where is the rest of "All About Submodules"?
How do I set it up from scratch? What commands I have to do? Practical example?

[TightyWhities]

i don't understand the problem this solves. package managers already solves this problem afaik. is this for the case where there's no package manager?

[NaturalBornCamper]

What about when the submodule repo is the same module where you develop? Headaches..

[uhcrsol]

If you make changes to the code in the submodule, and then changes are made in the main repo, can you merge the changes from the main into the sub without overwriting your own changes?

[villager]

Thanks for the information! Didn't even know about that :D

[alexanderenchevich]

All about submodules? "All"?? Really? No explanation of syncing, pushing your changes. No git commands. No examples. This is not "all". This is "blah".

[DataJuggler]

This will not work for me because the sub modules are my own code and I need both to be updated.

[RichardBronosky]

3:00 That's really NOT all that there is. You never address how to handle your changes to files in a submodule.

[jpbefx]

I'm too new. I did not understand any of this. LOL.

[SpookHam]

Cool video explaining the concept but it is NOT a TUTORIAL.