Re: submodule.$name.url is ignored during submodule update

From: Dmitry Neverov <dmitry.neverov@gmail.com>
Date: Mar 19, 2015, 13:16 UTC
Message-ID: <CAC+L6n1Qgh+YFfFnbLe0_3JgCMBXdya+pPraU0ZsXn0HJecaeQ@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAEtYS8TM6KWEjpcOLL8qRmN1yEo4JGQLLJCkkQ+GHaX7F-aLJA@mail.gmail.com>

I want to use a custom url for both initial submodule clone and submodule update. Git submodule man page states that if I run 'git submodule init' and then change the 'submodule.$name.url' in the main repository config, git will use this url instead of url in .gitmodules. Git does use the custom url for initial submodule clone, but doesn't use it when cloned submodule needs to be updated. Is that by design?

On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 2:09 PM, Doug Kelly <dougk.ff7@gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 4:27 AM, Dmitry Neverov
> <dmitry.neverov@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've noticed that the 'submodule.$name.url' config parameter from the
>> main repository is ignored when a submodule needs to be updated, the
>> submodule's 'remote.origin.url' is used instead. Is there any way to
>> customize the submodule url for both the initial clone and for
>> updates?
>
> That's what "git submodule sync" is for. It will synchronize the url
> in .gitmodules with
> to the remote.origin.url for each submodule.  I'm not sure about the second part
> of your question: are you talking about using different URLs for the
> initial clone
> and updates?