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Re: submodule using revision

From
Jacob Keller <jacob.keller@gmail.com>
Date
Nov 3, 2017, 20:26 UTC
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On Fri, Nov 3, 2017 at 6:42 AM, gregory grey <ror6ax@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi guys.
>
> Currently git submodule only works with branch of the submodule in
> question. Adding a functionality to work with a revision would be
> great from my point of view.
>
> Proposed syntax is as follows:
> git submodule add -r commit_sha git://some_repository.git
>
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> --
>
> http://ror6ax.github.io/
You can get similar behavior by doing:

git submodule add -r <branch> <url> cd <subdir> git checkout <commit object id> cd .. git ad <subdir> git commit

Thanks, Jake

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