Git submodules workflow

Question

In my project I need to use third party code, stored in several Git repositories. My project is also stored in (separate) Git repository. There are several people working wi

Answer 1

You may want to try git subtree (alt link) instead. I’ve had a lot of luck with it, using both remote repos and clean (untied to master history) branches in my project.

Answer 2

A recent thread on the git mailing list includes a patch for how to get a consistent repository state with a single command. It basically calls git submodule update when changing branches.

http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/130155/focus=130330