`git submodule sync`'s purpose?

Tim Visher· Apr 20, 2010, 01:56 UTC · lore

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!

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Jacob Helwig· Apr 20, 2010, 02:35 UTC · re: Tim Visher · lore

Re: `git submodule sync`'s purpose?

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