Re: git newbie - cloning / check out help

From: Petr Baudis <pasky@suse.cz>
Date: Jul 24, 2008, 23:15 UTC
Message-ID: <20080724231531.GS32184@machine.or.cz>
In-Reply-To: <loom.20080724T211609-298@post.gmane.org>

Hi,

On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 09:24:34PM +0000, Donald Brady wrote:

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> I am just ramping up on git and have the following scenario / issue:
> 
>   I have a git repository on server A.
> 
>   I clone it onto my machine B.
> 
>   In my local copy/repository on machine B I clone a repository on some 
> third party server C.
> 
>   I commit my changes into B and push them to A.
> 
>   Now if I clone my repository from Server A onto my local machine
>  in a different location I see all the source as normal but only the top
>  level directory of C. Any source under that is not present. 
> 
> What is the magic git incantation to make sure that I check out 
> not only the code from my repository but  any repositories that
> are cloned into it (recursive clone?)

  we call this functionality "submodules" and the quickstart howto is:

	You have git repository on A

	You clone it onto your machine B

	git submodule add url directoryC

	You commit your changes into B and push them to A

	You do another clone of A and then within the clone

	git submodule update --init

For further details, see git-submodule(1).

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				Petr "Pasky" Baudis
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