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

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Doug Kelly <dougk.ff7@gmail.com>
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Mar 19, 2015, 13:09 UTC
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On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 4:27 AM, Dmitry Neverov <dmitry.neverov@gmail.com> wrote:

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> 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?

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