Setting up submodules
Git’s submodules allow you to embed one Git repository within another. This page explains how to set up submodules using SmartGit.
Adding Submodules
New submodules can be added to an existing Git repository as follows: In the Repositories view of the main window, select the folder into which the new submodule should be inserted. Then, from the program menu select Remote|Submodule|Add. In the wizard that shows up, specify a folder name for the new submodule and a URL pointing to the submodule’s repository. On pressing the Finish button on the wizard’s last page, SmartGit will start checking out the submodule’s contents from its repository.
Initializing and Updating Submodules
Submodules will be updated and initialized by Pull, according to following options which can be configured in Repository|Settings:
- Update registered submodules
- Initialize new submodules
See the Git documentation on the commands git submodule update and
git submodule init for more information about these two operations.