Re: Submodule using different repository URLs

From: Santi Béjar <santi@agolina.net>
Date: Jul 13, 2009, 10:20 UTC
Message-ID: <adf1fd3d0907130320s726bb80at58d454c830c7d5be@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <5BE6F3DC-4B00-4D84-8D0E-41057735483F@petervoss.org>

2009/7/13 Peter Voss <info@petervoss.org>:

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> Hi,
>
> I want to use the git submodule feature to move part of my code to a
> different repository at github.
>
> The issue is that developers should use different repository URLs for the
> submodule depending on whether they have commit rights or not.
>
> At the beginning I was using the public URL to set-up the submodule:
> git submodule add git://github.com/x/mymodule.git mymodule
>
> The issue is that some developers are working behind a firewall that blocks
> the git protocol. These could only use the git@github.com:x/mymodule.git URL
> to get access.
> But other developers can only go through the public URL
> git://github.com/x/mymodule.git. So whatever I use it won't work for
> everybody.
>
> What's the best way to deal with that? Could I set-up different repository
> URLs for one and the same submodule and use which one is appropriate?

After the "git submodule init" you can customize the url. From "man git-submodule":

init::
        Initialize the submodules, i.e. register each submodule name
        and url found in .gitmodules into .git/config.
        The key used in .git/config is `submodule.$name.url`.
        This command does not alter existing information in .git/config.
        You can then customize the submodule clone URLs in .git/config
        for your local setup and proceed to 'git submodule update';
        you can also just use 'git submodule update --init' without
        the explicit 'init' step if you do not intend to customize
        any submodule locations.

You can also use the config url."<actual url base>".insteadOf = <other url base>. See the git-pull manpage for examples.

HTH, Santi