Re: Feature Request: Branch-Aware Submodules

From: Jacob Keller <jacob.keller@gmail.com>
Date: Aug 29, 2016, 02:17 UTC
Message-ID: <CA+P7+xqA_3a8EPZ=2Y5pgkL+N=_F1v5pfyzErwest9aoKZC37w@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <51671371-C59A-4304-99B2-B2C2256C4001@student.ethz.ch>

On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 8:12 AM, Hedges Alexander <ahedges@student.ethz.ch> wrote:

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>> On 25 Aug 2016, at 19:45, Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com> wrote:
>> [1] https://github.com/jlehmann/git-submod-enhancements
>> which has some attempts for checkout including the submodules.
>> I also tried writing some patches which integrate checking out submodules
>> via checkout as well. A quicker `solution` would be a config option that
>> just runs `git submodule update` after each checkout/pull etc.
>>
>
> I see. The quick fix is almost what I’m looking for, except that it leaves
> the repo in a detached head state. Could the submodule update be made
> automatically and intelligently pick the branch?
>

You probably want "git submodule update --rebase" or "git submodule update --merge" See git help submodule under the update section, or even a custom command variant where you can write your own bit of shell that does what your project expects.

Thanks, Jake