Re: `git submodule sync`'s purpose?

From: Jacob Helwig <jacob.helwig@gmail.com>
Date: Apr 20, 2010, 02:35 UTC
Message-ID: <g2g8c9a061004191935s86a9d7a7i8dd1a361d5a0da3@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <t2sc115fd3c1004191856za23ef32m421697b98159bcfe@mail.gmail.com>

On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 18:56, Tim Visher <tim.visher@gmail.com> wrote:

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> Hi everyone,
>
> trying to understand if I'm just failing to parse the docs for `git
> submodule sync`.  I'm basically under the impression that I can edit
> the .gitmodules file by hand and then use that command to sync up my
> submodules witin .git/config to that value.  Am I totally missing
> something?
>
> An example session can be found on [pastebin][].
>
> [pastebin]: http://pastebin.com/chEdc2u5
>
> Thanks in advance!
>

I think the point is more that you can edit .git/config to point a submodule at a different location (say you have a copy of the submodule repo somewhere with some changes you want to try out), and then can use "git submodule sync" to get the entry in .git/config "back in sync" with the canonical location for the submodule.

-Jacob