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--- git [2014/09/02 17:31] – admin
+++ git [2014/09/02 18:09] – [Create a Submodule] admin
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-====== Git Submodules ======
+====== Git Submodules (sub repository) ======
+===== Create a Submodule =====
+To link one repository into another in git you can use a thing called submodules:
+  git submodule add http://YOUR.PATH/TO/GIT/REPO FOLDER_NAME
+Example:
+  cd /YOUR/CLONED/REPO
   git submodule add https://redmine.knallimall.org/git/imagemap/ dokuwiki_imagemap
   git add .
   git commit -m "Add submodules ..."
+  git push origin master
+===== Clone a Repo containing submodules/ =====
+Submodules need to be initialized and downloaded
+  cd /YOUR/CLONED/REPO
+  git submodule init
+  git submodule update
+===== Update a submodules repo =====
+When updating a submodule its required to tell the parent repository to use the latest downloaded version.
+  cd /YOUR/CLONED/REPO/SUBMODULE/
+  git pull origin master
+  cd /YOUR/CLONED/REPO
+  git commit -am "Upgrade submodules ..."
+  git push origin